Green & Red Vineyard Tip Top Vineyard Zinfandel, Napa Valley, USA 2018 Outpost Wines butter and flint on the

butter and flint on the nose

it's ripe and full of flavors and nuance

the easy-drinking

redcurrants and crushed stone character

92 Pts Antonio Galloni

Green & Red Vineyard Tip Top Vineyard Zinfandel, Napa Valley, USA 2018 Outpost Wines butter and flint on theTip Top is, unsurprisingly, Green & Reds highest elevation vineyard. At elevations of 1,800 to 2,000 feet, the parcel includes a mix of cordon and head trained vines planted in the green tinged serpentine gravels and red chert for which the winery is named. Winemaker Aaron Whitlatch has preserved mountain environs in the fruit here, warm plums scented with pine, bay laurel and madrone. Its focused and lean, with a claret like center of gravity