Michael David
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Michael David 2008 6th Sense Syrah (Lodi)
- Editors' Choice
- $16
A ridiculously hedonistic bottle of Syrah, this hits you first with its heady aromas of strong black olive, tobacco and bacon, then seduces you further with layers of rich berry fruit topped by Syrah-proper pepper. Blended with Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot and fairly high in alcohol (15.5%) this is one for those who love good Syrah.
— V.B.
(6/1/2011)
Michael David 2004 Lust Zinfandel (Lodi)
- $49
This is an expensive wine, by Lodi or any standards, but it’s also a really good one. Blended with Petite Sirah, it has a soft texture and decadent mouthfeel, and the flavors are of creme de cassis, caramel cream, melted milk chocolate, tangerine zest and cinnamon-spiced gingerbread. It’s certainly not an ager, so drink up.
— S.H.
(8/1/2007)
Michael David 2010 Sixth Sense Syrah (Lodi)
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- $16
Michael David makes bombastically huge wines, but here they’ve mastered the style, making a black-as-night Syrah true to it’s roots, with flavors of dark red fruit, bacon and toast, with a wall of vanilla and oak. It’s juicy, jammy and surprisingly well integrated, a wine that’s ready to drink now, preferably with a sizzling tri-tip.
— V.B.
(7/1/2012)
Michael David 2010 Bechthold Vineyard Ancient Vine Cinsault (Lodi)
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- $24
This marks a real departure for Michael David, a producer that tends to make its wines big and bold. This soft, hardly oaked, lightly tannic Cinsault is from a very special old vineyard. With a smooth texture and a core of red cherry and cranberry flavors, it is light-bodied and very floral.
— V.B.
(12/1/2012)
Michael David 2010 Rage Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)
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- $59
Gigantic is just one word to characterize this Zinfandel. For starters, it’s enormously high in alcohol—at 16% by volume, it’s almost Port-like. Yet it’s dry and smooth in tannins, and the heat gives a heady boost to the black currant, black pepper and sweet oak flavors. Not for everyone, but it defines this powerful Dry Creek style of Zin.
— S.H.
(3/1/2013)
Michael David 2003 Rapture Cabernet Sauvignon (Lodi)
- $59
Classic Lodi Cab, from a vintage that wasn’t too hot or too cool. The wine is soft and lush, with milk chocolate and cassis flavors and the vanillins and sweet char of oak. Easy and delicious, it’s a wine to drink now.
— S.H.
(8/1/2007)
Michael David 2010 Inkblot Tannat (Lodi)
- $35
Michael David continues to showcase some of the more unusual grape varieties. This Tannat is big shouldered, rich and decadent, and it tastes brambly, which Zinfandel fans will appreciate. It’s full of jammy red fruit and leather notes, with a long finish.
— V.B.
(3/1/2013)
Michael David 2009 Sloth Zinfandel (Mendocino)
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- $59
Michael David is going outside of Lodi to make this, for them, small-production wine, sourced from vineyards near Hopland owned and run by the Nelson family. It remains true to the MD style having spent 15 months in American oak with blackberry pie, a handful of earth and spicy cinnamon on the finish. Fleshy and full and thick as syrup.
— V.B.
(3/1/2012)
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