: a dry red table wine made from a small black grape that is grown chiefly in California
also: the grape
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBrown Estate in Napa Valley makes an excellent zinfandel, and André Hueston Mack offers a selection of delicious wines from Oregon under the Maison Noir label.New York Times, 6 June 2022 Visiting a handful of the wineries on the Zinfandel Trail, Fiorentini hopes, will help change whatever presumptions people have about what makes a zinfandel.Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022 The winery supplies a house zinfandel for Chez Panisse.Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022 Made from organic grapes (79% zinfandel) by Las Jaras Wines, this dry red wine has a lively, effervescent quality, and notes of black plum and cherry. Tina Danze, Dallas News, 12 July 2021 Several of the Laithwaites Direct Wines clubs, for example, offer a California zinfandel labeled Book of Shadows. Eric Asimov, New York Times, 10 May 2021 Primitivo is Italy’s zinfandel, and this rendition is lush and ripe, with a velvety texture.Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021 Primitivo is the same grape as California’s zinfandel but hailing from Italy.Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020 My favorites include her Post Flirtation, a lively blend of zinfandel and carignan; a bright, floral and deep nero d’Avola; and a savory, crunchy carignan from the Ricetti Vineyard in Mendocino. Eric Asimov, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
probably modification of obsolete Hungarian tzinifándli, czirifandli, a white wine grape (misapplied to a grape variety of Dalmatian origin), from German Zierfandler