Dry farmed and organically grown, our zinfandel comes from our estate vineyard ‘Sleeping Dog’ of Sonoma Mountain, which produces spicy, elegant, and finessed Sonoma County style zinfandel from a mixture of volcanic and sandy loam soils at 1500 ft elevation. These are old head pruned vines planted in 1966, and the flavors they are capable of are outstanding.
2024 was a lovely, mostly non-eventful growing season (thankfully). A powerful heat spike in late June damaged some of the flowers in burgeoning grapes, limiting the potential yields in most of the vineyards of Sonoma County, but the rest of the season was surprisingly mild with cool nights and abundant sunshine during the day with pretty steady temperatures. The wine is balanced and firm, with many layers of delicious and rich raspberry cedar balanced by baking spices and light tannin.
As always, bottled unfined and unfiltered after being aged in 20% new American oak barrels. Our flagship wine is very versatile: perfect with a cheeseburger or saucy American BBQ, as well as slow cooked meats, spicy curries, or pasta.
