Montevina Terra d'Oro Zinfandel 2002

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Winery:

Montevina Winery Terra d'Oro

Varietal:

Zinfandel

Region:

USA > California > El Dorado County > Sierra Foothills

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2010

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User Tags:  red, resinous, italian cuisine, fruit, oak, fruit-forward, barbecue, supple, firm, meat 

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What to Expect

Zinfandel is considered America's own great indigenous grape, even though its origins lie on the Adriatic coast. Planted throughout California and the Pacific Northwest, Zinfandel is at its best in warm regions with cooler temperatures during harvest. The wines can range from off-dry Rosés, White Zinfandels, and light bistro styled wines, to big, rich powerful wines - even luscious wines for dessert bottling. The flavors range from plummy to raspberry, although deep blackberry fruit and brambly spice tones are most common.

Winemakers Notes

WINEMAKING INFORMATIONAt Montevina all our zinfandel vineyards are carefully handpicked and brought to the winery for processing. After being put into a hopper, which breaks open some of the berries, about fifteen gallons of juice per ton of grapes is removed. This process called saignée(from French, meaning “to bleed”) increases the solid to juice ratio during fermentation. The grapes are then destemmed and crushed and themust (a mixture of crushed and whole berries, grape juice, skins, and seeds) is sent to tanks where it is left to cold soak for up to three days. This allows a primary read more...extraction where water acts as a solvent and breaks down the cell walls of the grape solids extracting flavors, color, and aromas. This is less powerful than the alcohol extraction that occurs after inoculating the tanks with yeast but the resulting flavorsfrom each extraction are unique and add complexity to the finished wine. The fermentors are drained and returned thrice, resulting in more extraction than merely pumping over the tanks. After gentle tank pressing the wine was aged in a combination of French and American oak for twelve months.

HARVEST DETAILS
Brix:25.3
T.A.:.57g/100ml
pH:3.41
WINE INFORMATION
Alcohol:14.5%
T.A.:.57g/100ml
pH:3.57    (hide)

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