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!
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Harvest Date:
- September 10, 2017
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Average TA/pH at Harvest:
- TA 0.80 gm/100ml pH: 3.60
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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
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Cellar Storage/Aging:
- 18 months in barrels: 25% new French
25% new American
25% new Hungarian
25% 2yr old French
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Varietal:
- 87% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah
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Appellation:
- 100% Florence Vineyard
Rockpile / Dry Creek Valley
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Release Date:
- September 1, 2019
