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Zazen 2022

$35.00

97-year-old Zinfandel was planted on the eastern valley of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Italian immigrants in 1925. The Zinfandel was processed 25% whole cluster and the rest destemmed into an open top fermenter where it fermented for two weeks, then was pressed into french neutral oak where it aged for 11 months.

Bottled with no additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2.

Vintage: 2022
Alcohol By Volume: 14%
Style: Red Wine
Varieties: 100% Ancient Vine Zinfandel
Vineyard: Marchetti Family Vineyard
AVA: Santa Clara Valley
Farming: Organic
Harvest Date: 8-23-2022
Brix: 23.5
Cases Produced: 100
Fiber Art: Laura Basanta ‘81

Tastings Notes: Tiger Striped Fig, just ripe summer Mulberries, Sierra Alpine Incense Cedar, Black raspberry bramble.