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2009 McFadden Farm Zinfandel
This Zinfandel doesn’t fit the classic image of a California wine. In fact, we believe this is one of the most unusual wines currently being made in California. In many ways, it tastes more like a richer version of a wine made in the Beaujolais region of France. It shows earthiness and minerality, blended with the distinctive red-fruit character of a great California vineyard. Although light in color, the wine has an extremely attractive complexity and velvety thickness on the midpalate.
$24.00

2009 Heart Arrow Ranch Zinfandel
A stunning debut from the biodynamically -farmed Heart Arrow Vineyard, this Zinfandel leads off with aromas of black cherry, strawberry, violet and lilac. On the palate, it offers a lovely velvety texture, while striking an ideal balance between strawberry and cherry fruit, earthy minerality and spice flavors. The long sweet-fruit and mineral finish invites you to take another sip.
$24.00

2008 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
This is a classic example of a Dry Creek Zinfandel: elegant, balanced, and layered with loads of fruit flavors and a velvety, voluptuous texture. The trademark characteristics of zinfandel from this area are in abundance—black raspberry and cassis fruit, mineral and earth, and clove and black pepper spice—and we expect this wine to develop and improve nicely over the next five or so years.
$24.00

2007 Louvau Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel
We can never get enough of these remarkable old vine zinfandel grapes from the property of John Louvau in Dry Creek Valley. These old, gnarled, thick vines grow straight out of the rocky soil of the ancient riverbed on the “bench” of upper Dry Creek Valley, and they produce tiny quantities of jet-black, concentrated grapes.
$32.00

2007 Zinfandel Florence Vineyard
This young vineyard planted in an extremely rocky dry riverbed in the north of the Dry Creek Valley is rapidly becoming a favorite vineyard site for Dashe Cellars. The 2007 version of this zinfandel shows all of the intense, complex aromatics of the previous vintage, as well as the depth of flavor and mouthfeel that characterize the wines of 2007.
$32.00

2007 Late Harvest Zinfandel
For most of this decade we’ve made Late Harvest Zinfandels from the great Lily Hill vineyard at Bella Winery (where Mike is the consulting winemaker). The shallow, rocky soils on the steep hills of this vineyard make the vines struggle, which in turn help the vines create very concentrated, complex grapes. One of the reasons that we love this vineyard for Late Harvest zinfandel is the wonderful acidity of the grapes. Even when we wait an extra four weeks or so to harvest the grapes (the average time that we need to leave the grapes to have them turn into Late Harvest) the grapes maintain their acidity. The resulting wine is always focused and clear--it’s never cloying, and always finishes with a crisp, clean, sweet note.
$24.00

2006 Zinfandel Louvau Vineyard Old Vines
These are classic old-vine zinfandel: head-trained, dry–farmed, with thick gnarled trunks popping out of fist-sized rocks that make up the old riverbed. We love these old vines, because they make a classic Dry Creek Valley old-vine zinfandel, with the black raspberry, minerality, and deep aromatic dusty spice that make Dry Creek zinfandels so popular and sought-after.
$32.00

2008 Todd Brothers Ranch Zinfandel
These thick, gnarled vines planted on the steep red rock slope in Geyserville (in Alexander Valley, Sonoma county) always produce jet-black, intensely-flavored and very complex grapes.
$32.00

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