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Wine Details
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With family roots firmly planted in Zinfandel dating to 1895 when Grandpa Edoardo Seghesio first planted Zinfandel on the Home Ranch in Alexander Valley, today's third and fourth generation Seghesios farm over 200 acres of estate Zinfandel in the Alexander and Dry Creek Valleys. Sonoma Zin is a collage of Northern Sonoma's vineyard landscape as it blends sites which have produced Zinfandel for over a century with newer sites that utilize proprietary clones and the most advanced viticultural practices. "Sharing Uncommon Ground" speaks not only of these unique vineyard locations, but also a family's passion to ever improve, to sustain for future generations and to produce a wine that substantiates Sonoma as the world's finest location for zinfandel.
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Varietal Definition
Zinfandel:
Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards. DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski, and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in the 'heel' of Italy. It is typically made into a robust red wine. Its taste depends on the ripeness of the grapes from which it is made. Red berry fruits like raspberry predominate in wines from cooler areas such as the Napa Valley, whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas such as Sonoma County. Many Zinfandels come from head pruned ‘Old Vines’. ‘Old Vine’ is generally understood to mean a vine that is more than 50 years old and that produces less than three tons per acre. ‘Head Pruning’ is an old European style of pruning that trains the vine into the shape of a goblet. It requires no wires or other complex trellis systems. Head pruning spreads the fruit uniformly along the vine and allows light penetration.In the USA a semi-sweet Rosé (blush-style) wine called ‘White Zinfandel’ has achieved widespread popularity. In fact, this popularity has so outstripped all other forms that many fans think there is actually a grape called “White Zinfandel” (there isn’t)!
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