Sipping: Wine pick of the week

Chronic Cellars

Dead nuts red blend

California 2016

$21.54

Zinfandel with a kick of petite sirah. Honey and sweet cherry nose. Peppery, flavors of straw and blue berry, licorice. Ripe and sweet.

Serve with glazed duck, sauced chicken and roasted pork.

This wine is available at Saratoga Wine Exchange, Ballston Lake.

— Fred LeBrun