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This is the thirteenth vintage that we’ve made wine from these great old vines grown in one of the best red-soil vineyards in Sonoma.
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.
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.
We consider this vineyard one of the best old-vine vineyards in Sonoma County. Truly, it is an honor to make wine from these remarkable old vines, grown on the property of John Louvau in the center of Dry Creek Valley. Unfortunately the 2010 harvest was tiny (only 1 ton per acre) so this vintage is for the exclusive accessibility of our wine club members.
This is without a doubt one of the best wines that we’ve made from this young vineyard. We think that there are a number of reasons for this: the vines are more established than previous years; the 2010 vintage produced a smaller crop; the cool season led to more acidity that highlighted the fruit. But for whatever reason, this is an exceptionally vibrant and intense zinfandel.
Although 2011 was a challenging vintage for some wineries, we harvested our Dry Creek Valley zinfandel vineyards before the arrival of any rain, so the grapes that we picked were perfectly ripened. This vintage is characterized by its beautiful floral and fruit aromas and smooth velvety texture.
