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2009 Ridge Zinfandel East Bench
Last edited on 6/19/2011 by Three-Star Dave
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100% Zinfandel.
* Bottled 1/2011.
* This is one of our few single-varietal wines.
* Despite a second year of little rain, the vines set a full crop. A hot summer, with six days over 100F, ensured ripeness.
* After fermenting on their native yeasts and completing malolactic, six of the seven blocks were combined and racked to barrel for 13 months of aging.
* This is a classic example of Dry Creek zinfandel.
* Enjoyable now for its exuberant fruit, it will develop over the next 5-6 years.
* Bottled 1/2011.
* This is one of our few single-varietal wines.
* Despite a second year of little rain, the vines set a full crop. A hot summer, with six days over 100F, ensured ripeness.
* After fermenting on their native yeasts and completing malolactic, six of the seven blocks were combined and racked to barrel for 13 months of aging.
* This is a classic example of Dry Creek zinfandel.
* Enjoyable now for its exuberant fruit, it will develop over the next 5-6 years.