American Muscle Wine..Take Two

C5

STEFANI VINEYARD

Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2006

The next chapter of a life long dream.

As we all know, all great wines start in the vineyard. With this in mind, I searched the Dry Creek Valley for the best vineyard available for our future vintages of C5 Zinfandel.

This search ended when I found an opportunity to lease seven rows atop the rolling hills of the renown Stefani Vineyard.

The Stefani Vineyard, is located in a southwest-northeast
corridor connecting the warm hillsides of Sonoma County’s
Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valley. The vineyard's unique
combination of light fog early in the morning and gravelly clay soil
distinguishes this vineyard from others in the same region.

SMS certified, the Stefani Vineyard is managed
with Sustainable Management Sytems that minimize the impact
on the environment.

This wine is fully loaded with Bright, Rich, Jammy black cherry and
currant fruit flavors beautifully balanced with hints Chocolate,
spice and toasted oak.

Come on, take it for a Zin and see for yourself!

JL

Specifics:

Cases Produced: 600

Composition: 100% Zinfandel

Vineyard Designate: Stefani Vineyard

Appellation: Dry Creek Valley

Aged: 12 months French / American oak , 25% new French

Alcohol: 15.0%

Release Date: April 1, 2008

Agebility: Up to 10 years

87/100 Highly Recommended

"Medium-dark ruby; attractive, briary, cedary, tarrish, raspberry and jammy black cherry aroma with notes of dill and vanilla; full body; intense, concetrated, jammy, cedary , mouth-filling, very ripe berry furit flavors with oaky overtones"