Winemaker Notes:

Deep black cherry fruit, dried cranberry, orange zest, berry patch in the sun! Dusty vanilla-caramel oak, graham crackers, and cocoa. Fragrant Moroccan-Asian spices—Chinese 5-spice mélange…  Mouthfeel is creamy yet tangy bright cherry, firm-sturdy tannins and a long, lush finish. Super concentrated.  Quite drinkable now, but will age a good 15-20 years.  Very mouthfilling!

Harvest Date:

August 12, 2021

Fermentation Characteristics:

3 days of cold soak, fermented in 1-ton T-bins, punched down twice/day, total 10 days on skins

Cellar Storage/Aging:

19 months aged in: 10% new American oak barrels, 90% older French/American oak barrel.

Varietal:

95% Zinfandel, 3% Touriga Nacional, 2% Rose of Peru (Mission).

Appellation:

Jose Lopez Vineyard, Cucamonga Valley, CCOF organic. Planted 1918, dry-farmed bush vines.

Release Date:

November 1, 2023