90 Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Even better is the 2006 Zinfandel La Promessa, which offers loads of peppery, black cherry, and kirsch fruit, a dense, full-bodied mouthfeel, and a heady finish. This Zinfandel is best drunk in the first 3-4 years of life." -90 points Robert Parker

"Ripe yet deftly balanced, with bright raspberry and white pepper aromas leading to lively cherry and anise flavors that finish with sleek tannins. Drink now through 2013. 791 cases made." -90 Points Wine Spectator

"Good red-ruby. Dark raspberry, menthol, pepper and a smoky note on the nose. Juicy and intense, with very good zip to the varietally accurate berry and pepper flavors. Finishes with firm, dusty tannins and noteworthy persistence. Very promising for a zinfandel from ten-year-old vines-in fact, I find this more convincing than the Gino's, which is from 60-year-old vines." -90 points- Stephen Tanzer- International Wine Cellar

"This vineyard (and wine) name. The Promise, in Italian, was chosen for the promise I made to my father to continue our family's winemaking traditions. This vineyard is located adjacent to our winery in Dry Creek on a rocky southwest facing slope in arguably the warmest part of the Dry Creek Valley. It is a young vineyard. planted only in 1999 and 2006 is the first vintage we vinified." -Winery

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