Accolades for our 1997 Zinfandel
"Collier Falls 1997 Zinfandel is a jam-packed
winner.
Get it while you can..."
Peter Marks, March Wines of the Month - Draegers
"An exciting Zin...the wonderful, completely
over-the-top 1997 Collier Falls Private Reserve. Sinful stuff!"
Norm Roby's Guide to Winery Direct Wines
Collier Falls Vineyards Private Reserve 1997 Zinfandel
90 points - Outstanding, a wine of superior character and style.
"Deliciously complex, ripe, smooth and creamy, with
spicy, peppery blackberry, black cherry, raspberry and wild
berry flavors. Rich and concentrated on the finish. Drink now
through 2002."
Wine Spectator, June 15, 1999
"Three and a half stars, full-bodied, rustic, toasty oak,
ultra-ripe...dark ruby color with black pepper, cedar, plum
and spicy flavors..."
WineToday.com, August 2, 1999
"The '97 Zin is truly outstanding" "The '97
Zin is to die for!"
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Two stars - A highly distinctive wine. Likely
to be memorable. "Sweet oak lifts and enriches optimally
ripened blackberry fruit in this weighty, but keenly balanced
bottling, and, while a little warm at the finish, the wine finds
its ample alcohol melding seamlessly with the attractive berryish
themes that hold sway throughout. Firmed by a fine backbone of
unintrusive tannins, it hangs on for a lengthy finish and should
get better yet with a few years of cellaring."
Connoisseur's Guide, July 1999
"This is an intense wine with aromas of strawberries,
followed by spice and vanillan oak components...Zinfandel like
this wine is a pleasure, not only for the price, but for its added
complexity and character."
The Wine House, Los Angeles
"Longtime Wally's customers Barry and Susan
Collier purchased a 100 acre hillside property in 1997 from Don
and Rhonda Carano of Ferrari-Carano Winery. The original eight
acre Zinfandel vineyard on the property produced an instant success
- Collier Falls' 1997 Zinfandel Private Reserve received the 1998
Dry Creek Valley Grand Prize! Winemaker Alex MacGregor was able
to produce only 500 cases of this sensational raspberry and strawberry
scented Zin. Knowing the right people has helped us acquire our
fair share from this hot new producer."
Wally's, Los Angeles
"We'll first tell you about the Collier Falls
1997 Zinfandel since this wine is extremely limited in supply
- only 500 cases produced - so you best act quickly to secure
some...This first release for Collier Falls is a knockout. The
wine shows intense aromas of ripe, dark cherries and sweet raspberries,
followed by vanilla and nutmeg spice components from aging in
American and French oak barrels. On the palate the wine is beautifully
rich, lush and full-bodied...Get it while you can."
Draegers Epicures, San Mateo
19 points (of 20 possible)- The premier release
from Barry Collier's 500 case Estate vineyard in Dry Creek Valley.
Named after a sixty foot waterfall on the property, the vines
are grown on rocky hillside terraces. A ripe raspberry nose, sweet
entry with warm meaty, pepper laced cardamom spiced cherry."
Cannery Wine Cellar, San Francisco
"Another hot new player from this internationally
acknowledged, quintessential Zin growing appellation, the Collier
Falls is an out-and-out fruit bomb just loaded with tiers of Zin,
blackberry, raspberry and black cherry flavors framed by muted
spicy oak. Typical of the vintage, it is a deep, complex wine
that will reward its owner with a perfectly balanced, huge mouthful
of mature Zin fruit."
Root & Eastwood Wines & Spirits, Healdsburg California
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