Palate
Perhaps not quite as peppery as some of the ones in the past, and a little softer in tannin structure, it makes a lovely after dinner wine to enjoy with chocolate.
Bottling
Bottling Date July 8, 2017. Bottled with cork finish.
Winemaking
It was not my intention to make a late harvest Zinfandel in the past few years, but in both harvests I found myself with a small amount of fruit that had dried up to higher sugars than I like for making table wine. Unfortunately, I ended up with just a barrel of the dessert wine in each year—not enough to bottle separately, but enough if I were to blend the 2 barrels together. Thus we have a non-vintage wine which is almost equal amounts of 2015 and 2016 wines.
Food Pairing
Dark chocolate.
