Reviews
Wine Details
Pouring a beautiful translucent ruby color, Lot 730 opens with an archetypal fruit-forward Lodi nose, supplemented by hints of cedar and leather. On the palate the wine is immediately quaffable, with very balanced acidity framed by soft, velvety tannins. The finish shifts towards a drier note, with spice present throughout but never overwhelming – instead, you get a long (and I mean looooong) series of waves alternating with plum, raspberries, soft leather, and earth.
- Vintage
- 2018
- Appellation
- Lodi
- Grape
- Zinfandel
- Alcohol by Volume
- 15.5%
- Cases Produced
- 1500
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2024
- Release Email
Cam Confidential
Cam Confidential
Lot 730 is a step up in refinement from your average Lodi Zin. Sourced from an esteemed producer home to numerous parcels of Lodi’s famous old vines, this is a wine that punches way above its weight class, showcasing a 70/30 split of fruit and terroir that deftly maintains the bold edge you’d expect from a Lodi red. Aged for just under a year in French oak before bottling, this is really good juice – alluring, nuanced, and an outstanding value at about half the original winery price!
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Jay
Verified Purchase
10/25/2020
A Zin Bargain
Compared to Lot 636, it like this one even more. The other was a little bitter at first. The color is inky at the top of the glass and a translucent plum at the bottom. The red berries and leather are easy to find. The tannins are silky, with a lingering finish. It is a bargain at $13.
Josh
Verified Purchase
10/24/2020
CH Zins never let you down...
Smoking Zin that was smooth with just enough bite. And the price...incredible value for a wine this good!!
Dan
Verified Purchase
10/23/2020
QPR
No decant. Earthy stone, subtle plumb, raspberry and cigar tobacco taking priority on the nose. Perhaps it's the terrior when mentioning "Archetypal", perhaps it's the seemingly perfected blend, but this wine exhibits a very long finish and delicate balance of pleasant earthy raspberry, cigar tobacco, leather, some plum, with a hint of wet stone delivered on a mouth watering adventure with good balance of acidity, tannin's and just enough oak that it's almost unnoticeable. It's as if you can choose what you like most on your palate and it will be there well beyond your next sip. Excellent value at 13 a bottle. Should hold for a few years easy.
Neil
Verified Purchase
10/22/2020
Glad I tried it
Usually drink cab but decided to give this a try. Very glad I did.
Nancy
Verified Purchase
10/21/2020
Love Lodi Zins
With the first taste, I knew this wine was destined to be one of my favorites to pair with bold food flavors.
paul
Verified Purchase
10/19/2020
Props from a cab drinker
I usually bought your Lodi Cabernet, but it's no longer available. Bought this Zin based on the Lodi location. I'd like to be able to wax poetic about how it's fruity or smokey or a hint of blueberries mixed with rose petals, but alas I can not. I've never been able to make sense of any of these wine descriptive terms. My bad or uneducated nose and palette. Oh well, suffice it to say this lot 730 is very enjoyable at a great price. Buy it and write a review with the appropriate adjectives.
Amy
Verified Purchase
10/18/2020
Deliciious
I'm usually a bold cab drinker, but this Zinfandel is delicious, smooth, yet robust and a good price too.
Douglas
Verified Purchase
10/17/2020
Solid Zin
We've never been disappointed with a CH Zin. Will be ordering more of this Lot.
Joe
Verified Purchase
10/15/2020
Excellent Value
Lot 730 is a very nice Zin and the price is surprising given the taste. Smooth and easy for friends that are not red wine drinkers.
Robert
Verified Purchase
10/15/2020
Nice Zin
My wife has fallen in love with Zins and this wine hits the spot