- Organic / Biodynamic (uncertified)
- Average age of vines: 20
- Fermented spontaneously using low-intervention
- Sulphites: Low sulphites: 15 mg/L
- Fining (clarification): Unfined
- Filtering: Unfiltered
- Suitable for Vegans and vegetarians
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- Residual sugar: <1 g/L
- Vessel type: Wood - Old oak
- Bottle weight: 400
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"This is a tiny angry vineyard I farm myself with absolute minimal inputs, on the southern end of the Alexander Valley. The Vineyard is a 2 acre northwest facing bowl that is planted to about 80 percent middle aged Zinfandel vines. They are in conversion from double cordon to something more resembling bush trained, with the intention of allowing a more balanced canopy. The bowl shape causes the vineyard to ripen unevenly which translates into blazing raspberry acidity, Picked twice to balance the ripeness of different parcels and the tannic structure of the small amount of Petite Syrah. Small cool ferments yield a friendly, chill-able expression of Zinfandel, less ponderous more joyous!My third year farming this stunning site. This is a tiny angry vineyard I farm myself with absolute minimal inputs, on the southern end of the Alexander Valley. The Vineyard is a 2 acre northwest facing bowl that is planted to about 80 percent middle aged Zinfandel vines. They are in conversion from double cordon to something more resembling bush trained, with the intention of allowing a more balanced canopy. The bowl shape causes the vineyard to ripen unevenly which translates into blazing raspberry acidity. Destemmed, small cool ferments yield a friendly, chill-able expression of Zinfandel, less ponderous more joyous!
This year a couple things went against us, beyond the usual 2020 hat trick of two fires and a pandemic. There was a deer break in during bud break that cut the yields in half. But the fruit that remained was true to form for this site, bright, raspberry, mouth watering limpid. 6 months in old oak, 20 ppm at bottling."- United States
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McGarraugh Zinfandel, 2020
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