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Old Vine Zinfandel, Benito Dusi Vineyard |
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Wine Details
Price:
$27.00 per bottle
Description:
Benito Dusi’s eighty-year-old vineyard is planted entirely to zinfandel, rare for a vineyard of that age. His vineyard is located on the west side of Estrella River in the cool and windy Templeton Gap corridor. The heavy, gnarled, and head-pruned vines are visible from Highway 101, but don’t expect to see a sign.
Benito figures, if the vineyard’s been there for eighty years, who needs a sign?
The fruit was a select pick with full flavor development and toasty seeds. It was fermented in small open tops with a Rhône isolate yeast specifically chosen to emphasize the wine’s deep fruit and smoke characteristics. Its smooth, gentle tannins and natural complexity are augmented by sixteen months in French oak.
Aromas of white pepper and cherry lead into a satisfying core of raspberry, blackberry, nutmeg and chocolate in this vintage from Benito Dusi’s eighty-year-old vines.
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