2004 Zinfandel Two Acres

Mike Officer describes 2004 as "damn near a perfect vintage, except for a six-day heat wave in early September, which was not an issue for our late-picked varieties. "In fact, he went on, he had harvested barely one-third of his fruit by the end of September, with the rest coming in during the first half of October, just before several days of rain began on the 17th. "Across the board, 2004 is our best vintage yet," he summarized. Officer's strategy:"Make the best wines possible and charge a fair price for them. "By California standards, these wines are almost too cheap. The 2004s I tasted with Officer in March had been bottled just a couple of weeks earlier.