Lake county, California.....
All of the fruit is hand harvested and quickly delivered to the winery.
The grapes are destemmed and gently crushed to tanks for fermentation.
We ferment each vineyard lot separately.
Following fermentation we pressed and racked the individual vineyard lots to American oak barrels for 8 months.
Based on our stylistic approach to Shooting Star wines this Zin is lighter and fruitier than our Old-Vine Steele Zinfandels.
We used approximately 80% neutral barrels and 20% new barrels in order to capture as much of the aroma and flavor of the grape as possible.
This wine has aromas of raspberry and other ripe black fruit, butter, and just a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg.
The tannins and acids in this wine are soft but distinct.
Cedar tones with just a hint of plum make the finish a wonderful exclamation point.