California
Description
Tasting note With a wide array of dark berry fruit including black cherry and strawberry. Additionally, spice notes and a lasting finish of vanilla from oak aging and firm, supple tannins add complexity to this wine. The wine is ready to drink now and will continue to develop complexity ovre the next three to four years.
Food matching beef dishes, steak, lamb, pork, yakitori, hearty pasta dishes
Grape variety 80% ZINFANDEL, 20% PETITE SIRAH
Terroir/Vinification
Terroir Lodi Old Vine 50+ years
Growing district of grape Lodi
Climate hot days cool nights
Geology sandy loam, clay based
Harvest 10/1/2021, machine harvested
Vinification barrel and stainless steel
Aging 10 months in American Oak
Acidity 5.90g/L
PH 3.77
Residual sugar 9.20g/L
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