89 Points - Connoisseurs' Guide to CA, September, 2016

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!  

Harvest Date:

September 9, 2014

Fermentation Characteristics:

5 days cold soak prior to ferment; Déléstaged 7 times before 15°Brix! A total of 15 days total on skins.

Cellar Storage/Aging:

20 months in barrels: 60% French, (33% new, 27% neutral), 40% American (30% new, 10% neutral)

Appellation:

Florence Vineyard, Rockpile

Release Date:

August 1, 2016