Vineyard Sources

Pedroncelli’s Zinfandel vineyards are located on the hillsides surrounding the winery, the land originally purchased by John Pedroncelli Sr. in 1927 and planted to Zinfandel in the early 1900s. Our Zinfandel vines are head-pruned and average 25 years old. They were cloned from the original “Mother” vines…of which one quarter of an acre exist today and fruit from these 99-year-old vines is included in the blend. Each year, on the Pedroncelli home ranch, our vineyard manager ensures that his crew works through all the head pruned vines pulling leaves and separating the clusters so that each has enough sunlight to develop and ripen as evenly as possible. Along with the fruit from our estate vineyards, it has been a tradition to blend in the fruit from the Buchignani vineyard, another old vine (40-50 years old) vineyard.

Winemaking

At Pedroncelli, our Zinfandel style is to showcase the unique characteristics of Dry Creek Valley. Our grapes are hand-picked with scrupulous attention paid to harvesting and to the gentle handling they receive at the winery. The grapes were harvested the first three weeks in September at an average of 24.5 Brix and lots are fermented separately in stainless steel tanks. The cellar crew does three pumpovers per day—this process adds softness and extracts color and flavor from the skins. Following fermentation, the wine is aged in American oak barrels for 15 months.

Winemaker's Tasting Notes

Deep purple-red in color, this is a full-bodied wine with many classic Dry Creek Valley characteristics: aromas and flavors of ripe boysenberry, jammy with subtle coffee and butterscotch accents. This is a concentrated Zinfandel that offers a nice balance of fruit, spice and tannin. The finish is long and packed with flavor.

Technical Information

Appellation: Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County
Composition: 94% Zinfandel, 6% Petite Sirah
Aging: 12 months in American Oak barrels
Alcohol: 14.9%
pH: 3.56
Total Acidity: .675g/100ml
Bottled: May, 2006

 

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