The name for our reserve wine, Rocky Reserve®, comes from the deep red, rocky soils of the Florence Vineyard, 1400 feet above Lake Sonoma and Dry Creek Valley. This is a more elegant and restrained Zin, worthy of five or more years of cellaring, though it is packed with fragrant black and blue berry fruits.

Winemaker Notes:

Nice dark-red in color, big blueberry-blackberry fruit, spicy-chocolatey oak, nicely focused acidity enhances mineral flavors, elegantly structured tannins for aging, super plush long finish!

Harvest Date:

September 10, 2017

Average TA/pH at Harvest:

Average TA/pH at Harvest: 0.80 gm/100ml pH: 3.60

Fermentation Characteristics:

5 days cold soak prior to ferment. All fermented in 1-ton bins, 10% bleed. Hand-punched down twice daily, 15 days total on skins.

Cellar Storage/Aging:

18 months in barrels: 25% new French, 25% new American, 25% new Hungarian and 25% 2yr old French.

Varietal:

87% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah

Appellation:

100% Florence Vineyard, Rockpile / Dry Creek Valley