| TASTE BENCHMARKS | |||
| Profile #1 Old Vine Zinfandel |
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| Appearance | Medium-dark red. | ||
| Aroma | Deep, multi-dimensional. Fresh cherry, nectarine and bramble, tea leaves, oak spice. | ||
| Flavor | Lush and feminine with solid, inobtrusive tannins, generous fruit and warm cocoa. | ||
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| PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS | |||
| Viticultural | Headtrained "wagon wheel" vines in excess of 100 years. Often unirrigated. | ||
| Terroir | Iron-rich rocky loams on the valley floor or hillsides of thin gravelly loam. | ||