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PRO WINE BUYERS COMPETITION: Silver
Connoisseurs' Guide: 84 points
2005 Zinfandel Carreras Old Vine
Dry Creek Valley
Bold and beautiful, it excites your senses. Essence of the earth when vines were free to grow wild. Spicy notes, pepper, caramel and and wisps of smoke waft through the air. A perfect compliment to a juicy Porterhouse.
$42.00 per bottle
2 bottle allocation for Wine Club Members Only
| WINEMAKING |
Hand-harvested and fermented in four-ton open top fermentors with two daily pump overs. Aged in primarily Nadalie and Radeaux coopered new and neutral French and American oak barrels for 26 months. |
| COMPOSITION | 100% Zinfandel |
| ANALYSES | pH
Acidity
Alcohol |
3.71
.66 grams/100 ml
16% |
VINEYARD
DETAILS | Soil profile: | Unusually deep hillside topsoil consisting of alluvial and volcanic composite allows the vines a slow, even rate of maturity despite the warm, western exposure. |
| | Aspect: | Western |
| | Year planted: |
1905 |
| | Clone: | Unknown |
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| | Trellis: | Head-trained |
| PRODUCTION |
378 cases, bottled on December 5th, 2007 |
| CELLARING |
Recommended cellaring time 3 to 8 years.
Optimal storage temperature 55 - 65 F. |
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