McCay Cellars
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McCay Cellars 2009 Jupiter Zinfandel (Lodi)
- $28
Deliciously round and spicy, this has attractive berry flavors wrapped around a hint of roasted coffee bean. A masculine, intense and layered wine, it has balanced acidity that makes its flavors pop.
— V.B.
(12/1/2012)
McCay Cellars 2009 Paisley Red (Lodi)
- $24
This juicy and fruity wine is a blend of just slightly more than half Zinfandel, the rest Petite Sirah. It’s full of ripe black and red fruit, with structured tannins that teeter on the edge of being overwhelming—until the finish gives exactly the right hit of spice.
— V.B.
(12/1/2012)
McCay Cellars 2008 Zinfandel (Russian River Valley)
- $28
That this small-lot Lodi producer has ventured out to the Russian River Valley for Zinfandel says something here and it says it with finesse, this being austere for Zin, not jammy, with enviable structure and a nice lift of black cherry, spicy cola and earth at the end.
— V.B.
(3/1/2012)
McCay Cellars 2009 Truluck’s Zinfandel (Lodi)
- $32
Winemaker Michael McCay is an expert at coaxing fine texture out of a big wine. This is a round, soft Zinfandel with bright, vibrant raspberry and blackberry flavors. It may need more time in bottle to reveal its entire personality. In the meantime, enjoy its leather and licorice streaks.
— V.B.
(12/1/2012)
McCay Cellars 2008 Paisley Red (Lodi)
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- $24
McCay is a producer to watch in Lodi and this wine is a perfect example of why. A blend of four different Zinfandels and Petite Sirah, it opens with a nose of baked blackberry clafouti with a bit of hazelnut and almond, a still-tight wine that with air shows a ton of structure and layered tannins.
— V.B.
(5/1/2012)
McCay Cellars 2008 Equity Zinfandel (Lodi)
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- $24
Soft and dense with dark fruit, almost baked fruit flavors, that veer into nuts and vanilla, an easy-drinking Zin blended with a smidge of Zin from the 2009 and 2010 vintages as well as 7% Petite Sirah crafted by a Lodi producer to watch.
— V.B.
(2/1/2012)
McCay Cellars 2008 Petite Sirah (Lodi)
- $24
There’s no doubt this is 100-percent Petite Sirah, full of dark plummy fruit and an earthy element that’s close to mushrooms and dirt. Aged over two years in French oak the wine even has a slight hint of game and caramel. The tannins are soft but ample.
— V.B.
(4/1/2012)
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