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Zinfandel, Russian River 'Old Vine' Feeney, 2005

Zinfandel, Russian River 'Old Vine' Feeney, 2005 Wine Details
Price: $44.00 per bottle

Description: The fruit for our 'Old Vine' Zinfandel comes from a small fifty-year-old vineyard along the sandy loam soils off the Russian River. Picked at over 24 brix makes this wine more rich in flavor and full in body. This BIG, BOLD, JAMMY, ZINFANDEL EXPLODES in your mouth with flavors of overripe raspberries, chocolate, black pepper and spicy cloves. Combining these flavors with well-balanced oak makes for a long lingering finish. The wine has consistently received gold medal awards for the past vintages. It is a rare find and quick to disappear, so don’t hesitate before this cult wine is gone.
Silver Medal - 2008 LA Int'l Wine & Spirit Festival


Varietal Definition
Zinfandel:
Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards. DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski, and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in the 'heel' of Italy. It is typically made into a robust red wine. Its taste depends on the ripeness of the grapes from which it is made. Red berry fruits like raspberry predominate in wines from cooler areas such as the Napa Valley, whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas such as Sonoma County. Many Zinfandels come from head pruned ‘Old Vines’. ‘Old Vine’ is generally understood to mean a vine that is more than 50 years old and that produces less than three tons per acre. ‘Head Pruning’ is an old European style of pruning that trains the vine into the shape of a goblet. It requires no wires or other complex trellis systems. Head pruning spreads the fruit uniformly along the vine and allows light penetration.In the USA a semi-sweet Rosé (blush-style) wine called ‘White Zinfandel’ has achieved widespread popularity. In fact, this popularity has so outstripped all other forms that many fans think there is actually a grape called “White Zinfandel” (there isn’t)!


Reviews



daniel says...
Very nice, complex flavors, elegant wine.

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