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2005 Wild Thing
Old Vine Zinfandel
Cox Vineyard, Mendocino County, California
| Varietals |
90% Zinfandel
10% Carignane
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| Winemaker's Tasting Notes |
Intensely jammy, black razzberry fruit, vibrant and alive in both nose and mouth, nice hit of black pepper. Smoothly textured in mouth, creamy vanilla oak, and the finish is long and lushly jammy fruit—dangerously good!
Certified CCOF Organically Grown
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| Harvest Date |
October 6-7, 2005 |
| Average Brix at Harvest |
26.0° Brix (soaked) |
| Average TA/pH at Harvest: |
0.74 gm/100ml ~ pH: 3.64 |
| Fermentation Characteristics |
Uninoculated yeast fermentation which took 5 days to start (cold soak!) plus 2 weeks of extended maceration, for total of 4 weeks on skins. Déléstaged 2 times before 10° brix
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| Cellar Storage/Aging |
11 months in barrels
35% new American oak
30% 1-year-old American oak
2% new Hungarian oak
23% older American & French oak |
| Total Acidity |
0.60 gm/100ml |
| Appellation |
Mendocino County |
| Case Production |
1935 cases |
| Bottling Date |
December 6, 2006 |
| Release Date |
June 1, 2007 |
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