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Subject: Lytton Springs Zinfandel 1980
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Date: Tue, 11-Sep-84 11:01:52 EDT
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In my never ending quest for the perfect Zinfandel, I tried a bottle
of Lytton Springs 1980 over the Labor Day weekend. I was quite
impressed. The wine has a jammy bouquet (I never thought I'd use the
term 'jammy', but that really describes it. I've never had a wine before
that I would have called jammy). This is not to imply that it had a sweet
smell or taste, because it was fairly dry. It was just fruity and loaded
with flavor. Burgess has loads of flavor too, but very differently. Burgess
is peppery and spicey, while the Lytton was smooth and fruity.

I picked up another bottle yesterday, and unfortunately it was not as
good as the first. The second bottle had a very slight fizz to it,
apparently from a little undesired fermentation in the bottle. It also
was more astringent than the first. It sells for $9.99 at Post Road
Liquors in Wayland, MA. Has anyone else tried this wine? I hope my
first bottle was the norm and not a freak good bottle...

	Bruce Kinmonth		...decvax!decwrl!rhea!null!kinmonth