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, 2015
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Average TA/pH at Harvest:
- 0.77 gm/100ml pH: 3.70
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Fermentation Characteristics:
- 5 days cold soak prior to ferment. Déléstaged 3 times before 12°Brix 15 days total on skins
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Cellar Storage/Aging:
- 18 months in barrels - 63% French (31% new, 32% 1-yr-old) and 36% American (31% new, 5% 1-yr-old)
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Varietal:
- 87% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah
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Appellation:
- Florence Vineyard, Rockpile
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Release Date:
- November 1, 2017
