Zinfandel
In 2009, the yields were relatively low (even though most vineyards produced a big crop), so the Florence Vineyard zinfandel was as intense, aromatic, and richly-textured as ever.
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For the second year, we’ve made a wine from these beautiful organic- and biodynamically-grown vines up in the hills of Mendocino County, about 15 miles north of the town of Ukiah. The purity of flavor and complex midpalette are a break from the fruit-forward style of many Californian wines—it is different in structure than a typical California Zinfandel, but is extraordinarily complex and pleasing both in aroma and on the palate.
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HistoryThis is the twelfth vintage that we’ve made wine from these great old vines grown in one of the best red-soil vineyards in Sonoma. These thick, gnarled vines planted on the steep red rock slope in Geyserville always produce jet-black, intensely-flavored and very complex grapes. Since the vintage of 2009 was simply a stunning year for growing grapes, the Todd Brothers Ranch...
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The vintage of 2009 was one of the best vintages from this valley in many years, and our 2009 Dry Creek Zinfandel was no exception. The weather at harvest was ideal—a long, steady heat that allowed the grapes to perfectly ripen without developing any overripe characteristics. The 2009 Dry Creek zinfandel has everything you look for in a high-end wine from Dry Creek: wonderful fruit flavors of black cherry and raspberry, mineral and earth, and clove and black pepper spice.
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This old-vine vineyard consistently produces one of the most sought-after wines that Dashe Cellars makes, and at this point in our history we’ve made Todd Brothers Ranch zinfandels for eleven vintages.
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Small packages can contain huge surprises, as our Late Harvest Zinfandel exemplifies. This intense wine—made from grapes grown on Bella Winery’s Lily Hill vineyard in northern Dry Creek Valley—is both complex and balanced, and is a superb example of how a sweet desert wine can be made to be elegant and balanced.
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