[Winery notes]: Aldo’s Vineyard, planted in 1937, lies along Napa’s Jefferson Street in a newly named sub appellation of Napa Valley - the Oak Knoll District (OKD). It is both ironic and surprising that this spot, quite near where the first Zinfandel was planted in Napa Valley in the 1800’s, is today the oldest Zinfandel vineyard in the district. Flat, cool, breezy, and mild (and now surrounded by newer houses), this hidden vineyard itself is anything but dramatic, and the wine sublime. Deep, layered, ethereal, and silky, the Aldo’s is appreciated by Zin afficianados for its gentle “pillowy” texture and dark and exotic black fruit character. In a way it is Burgundian, the anti-Zin.
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