2007 Zinfandel
| Vintage: | 2007 |
| Wine Type: | Bold Red Wine |
| Varietal: | Zinfandel |
| Appellation: | Sonoma Valley |
| Harvest Date: | October 2007 |
| Sugar: | 26.5 Brix at Harvest |
| Acid: | 0.75g/100ml |
| PH: | 3.60 |
| Ageability: | 2-7 years |
| Bottling Date: | February 2008 |
| Tannin: | 0.61g/100ml |
| Alcohol %: | 14.8% |
Intense aromas of black cherry, strawberry, rhubarb, dried lavender, and black and white pepper. Initial cherry flavors darken on the palate into black plum, blackberry and chocolate. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky, refined tannin structure, nice oak integration and good length. Ideal cellar time is two to seven years from vintage date.
Estate Vineyard. Estate grown, produced and bottled. Rhyolitic Ash and Alluvial Wash soils at 220 feet elevation. Single eight-and-a-half-acre block planted 1976. La Paz clone. Yield 2.1 tons/acre.
Harvested by hand in cool morning hours. Destemmed to stainless steel fermenters. Yeast strains Prise de Mousse. 12-day concurrent primary and malolactic fermentation. Gentle pump-overs throughout fermentation. Free run separated from press-fraction. After single racking in tank transferred to barrels. Lightly fined as needed and filtered to bottle. Oak Regimen: 15 months in 100% American oak, 35% new.
1,131 cases produced
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