Vineyard: Ricetti

AVA: Redwood Valley, CA

Farming: Organic, Dry Farmed

Harvest Date:  1 September 2025

Bottling Date: 8 April 2026

Alc: 12%

Cases: 100

Although the cooling event in early September delayed the Carignan harvest as compared to 2024, Zinfandel ripens faster than Carignan, and so we picked it on the first day of September, before the cool weather hit.  Our pick date was only a day later than the 2024 pick on August 31st – the closest of any of my wines between these two vintages.

At the winery, the Zinfandel was fully foot crushed, and left to ferment in tank 100% whole cluster.  After 10 days fermenting on skins, the Zinfandel pressed to tank.  The wine was allowed to complete primary fermentation in tank, and once sugar dry it was put down to neutral oak barrels to undergo malolactic fermentation and rest for the winter.

In late March, all the barriques of Zinfandel were racked to tank for bottling.

Indigenous yeast fermentation.  20 ppm SO2 at bottling, no other additions, unfined and unfiltered.