Five Zinfandel wines made the final rounds, with the top-ranked wine, Mettler Family Vineyards 2021 Epicenter Zinfandel, also ...

Five miles northeast of Somerset, Miraflores Winery’s Primitivo grapes are cloned from the same vines as its zinfandel, but grown and processed separately to bring out their minute differences.

both Zinfandel and the southern Italian grape Primitivo are clones of this Croatian variety. Despite its international origins, Zinfandel is most widely planted and most successful in California.