Zinfandel, The Other Red Wine!

Here are the [wines](http://www.cellartracker.com/event.asp?iEvent=7208) I tasted yesterday:

* **2006 Turley Zinfandel Pesenti Vineyard - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles** The nose had bramble, blackberry, cherry, and stone. The palate had blackberry, bramble, stone, and cherry. (93 pts.)
* **2006 Elyse Zinfandel Korte Ranch - USA, California, Napa Valley** The nose had meat, bramble, floral notes, smoke, raspberry, and cherry. The palate was smooth, and had bramble, earth, cherry, raspberry, smoke, and earth. (92 pts.)
* **2005 Chateau Montelena Zinfandel Estate - USA, California, Napa Valley** The nose had raspberry jam, cherry, and a bit of pepper. The palate was smooth, and had pepper, raspberry, spice, cherry, and some earth on the finish. (90 pts.)
* **2007 Edmeades Winery Zinfandel - USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County** The nose had pepper, raspberry, cherry, and bramble. The palate was soft, and had pepper, raspberry liqueur, earth, cherry, and a nice floral finish. (90 pts.)
* **2007 Foxglove Zinfandel - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles** The nose had raspberry jam, cherry, pepper, and spice. The palate was soft, and had raspberry, pepper, cherry, and spice. (88 pts.)
* **2006 Outpost Zinfandel - USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain** The nose had raspberry, cherry, spice, and vanilla. The palate was smooth, and had raspberry, cherry, spice, coffee, and vanilla. (90 pts.)
* **2006 Mauritson Wines Zinfandel Rockpile Ridge Vineyards - USA, California, Sonoma County, Rockpile** The nose had blackberry, cherry, stone, vanilla, and pepper. The palate had blackberry, stone, pepper, cherry, and earth. (90 pts.)
* **2006 Lamborn Family Vineyards Zinfandel - USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain** The nose had raspberry, cherry, earth, pepper, and vanilla. The palate had raspberry, plum, cherry, pepper, and spice. (89 pts.)