The 1999 Zinfandel Dickerson Vineyard is the best example produced from this Napa vineyard in more than a decade. It exhibits copious quantities of sweet black cherry and blackberry fruit as well as a hint of raspberries in its big, spicy, peppery bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, elegant, concentrated, and powerful, it should drink well for 7-8 years. Tel. (707) 938-1960

One of Ravenswood’s single-vineyard offerings, the Dickerson has explosive blueberry, blackberry and eucalyptus flavors, spiced up a bit with black pepper. A sweet-spicy, rich blackberry, white pepper and eucalyptus bouquet starts things off; toasty oak and tannic, blackberry-skin flavors draw the wine to a lingering close. A button-pusher, though perhaps a bit too big for some folks. —D.M.——D.T.(3/1/2002)—— 90