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:

October 2, 2023

Average TA/pH at Harvest:

0.66 gm/100ml pH: 3.54

Fermentation Characteristics:

5 day cold soak prior to ferment. Fermented in 1-ton bins & open top tank, 8% bleed, hand punched down twice daily 15 days total on skins.

Cellar Storage/Aging:

18 months in barrels: 17% new Hungarian, 17% new American, 11% new French, 55% 2nd/3rd fill French, Hungarian, American.

Varietal:

88% Zinfandel, 12% Petite Sirah

Appellation:

96% Florence Vineyard, Rockpile and 4% Bastoni Vineyard, Fountaingrove District.

Release Date:

June 15, 2026