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2003 Estate Late Harvest Zinfandel
Silver - 2007 Dallas Morning News Wine Competition
Chairman's Choice, Best of Class - 2006 Long Beach
International Grand Cru
Bronze - 2006 West Coast International Wine Competition
Silver - 2006 Sonoma County Harvest Fair
Taken from our top old clone vineyard block that tends to ripen later
in the season, 2003 harvest conditions provided an opportunity to create a special vintage of Windsor Oaks' first late harvest Estate wine. The old clone grapes were given extra weeks on the vines to achieve intense character and high sugar levels. Careful hand harvesting and sorting both in the field and at the press provided superb fruit. Extended cold soaking before fermentation further extracted the deep color and rich fruit flavors and aromas.
It is with great pride that we offer the result, a deep garnet colored, full bodied dessert wine that evokes the long ripened fruit of late summer sun-drenched hillside vines.
With a slight hint of caramel oak and figs, its aroma may remind you of vintage port, but the flavor and finish are cleaner and less cloying to the palate, with lower alcohol levels. The mouthfeel is rich, concentrated and chewy, with dark berry jam flavors, finishing with a burst of red licorice, plum and dried apricot.
Blend:
100% Zinfandel from Windsor Oaks Vineyards
Brix:
28.1 at harvest
Alcohol:
16.2%
Residual Sugar:
7.95%
Acidity:
0.804gm/100ml, pH: 3.87
Primary Fermentation:
Hand-harvested just past dawn with a highly selective late-harvest picking technique in the top old clone vineyard block. Primary fermentation in half ton macrobins for ten days, after four day cold soak.
Barrel Aging Regime:
Barrel aged for 24 months
in three year old American oak for luxurious mouthfeel without covering up the distinct flavors of this blend of select estate vineyard block.
375ml bottle $15
To Order: Please contact us by email
or phone at 707.433.3810 for current availability and to place an order.
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