The name for our reserve wine, Rocky Reserve^®, comes from the deep red, rocky soils of the Florence Vineyard, 1200 feet above Lake Sonoma.  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.

Harvest Date:

October 3, 2005

Fermentation Characteristics:

16 days on skins & Déléstaged 3 times before 11°Brix

Cellar Storage/Aging:

13 months in barrels: 32% new or 1-yr-old American, 29% new or 1-yr-old French, 11% new or 1-yr-old Hungarian, 28% older French & American

Varietal:

100% Zinfandel

Appellation:

Florence Vineyard, Rockpile

Release Date:

September 15, 2007