Zinfandel, 2014 Lencioni, Dry Creek Valley

A lean and terroir driven Zin. Your can taste the vineyard in this one!

Opens with pleasant pepper and anise on the nose and bright red fruits on the palate. Medium body with grippy tannins and an old-world style. A bright acidity makes it a natural with any rich Italian foods like mushroom stuffed raviolis in cream sauce.

Production Notes

Hand picked and sorted, machine crushed and de-stemed. Cold soaked for 6 days, wild yeast fermentation for 8 days at 80 degrees. Pressed directly to tank then clean racked into barrels the next day.

Winemaker Notes

Composition:100% Zinfandel Clone: Rootstock: 110R Trellis: head trained Aspect: South Western facing, 20% grade Soils: Volcanic, illuvial red rocky Spacing: 8 x 10 Yield: 2.2 tons per acre

Cooperage Notes

50% two year old American Oak, 50% neutral oak barrels aged 18 months