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 10, 2021

Average TA/pH at Harvest:

0.64 gm/100ml pH: 3.74

Fermentation Characteristics:

4 days cold soak prior to ferment. All fermented in 1-ton bins, 10% bleed, hand punched down twice daily 12 days total on skins.

Cellar Storage/Aging:

16 months in barrels: 13% new French, 13% new Hungarian, 13% new American, 13% older American, 48% older French.

Varietal:

92% Zinfandel, 8% Petite Sirah

Appellation:

88% Florence Vineyard, Rockpile, 11% Florence Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley and 1% Bastoni Vineyard, Fountaingrove District.

Release Date:

June 1, 2024