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 18, 2016

Average TA/pH at Harvest:

0.71 gm/100ml pH: 3.75

Fermentation Characteristics:

5 days cold soak prior to ferment All fermented in 1-ton bins, 15% bleed, hand punched down twice daily 20 days total on skins

Cellar Storage/Aging:

20 months in barrels: 33% new French 33% new American 34% second-fill French

Varietal:

87% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah

Appellation:

100% Florence Vineyard Rockpile / Dry Creek Valley

Release Date:

September 15, 2018