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Lodi Zinfandel
Item number: 006 526
Name: Lodi Zinfandel
Region: USA - California
Producer: Ravenswood
Grapes: 84% Zinfandel, 14% Petit Syrah, 2% Carignan
Soil: fine sandy-loam soils
Climate: 2007, in California a great wine year. The cold, dry winter weather and prolonged drought in the spring (in Northern California is the precipitation rate up to 50% below the seasonal average) in a natural way to reduce the Rebwachstum and bud formation. First heat provides an early bloom. But soon the temperatures fall off and the grapes can ripen into August with up quite mild levels at their own pace.
Color: red
Maturity: Enjoy and lagerungsfähig
Description: Color: deep, brilliant garnet red with purple hues Nose: elegant bouquet of sweet plums, prunes, blueberries, blackberries and sweet spices (pie spices) Taste: the palate unmistakable Lodi with the typical velvety richness, the juicy fruit (plums, blueberries) and spicy notes of pepper, vanilla and coconut, balanced, tight and round with soft ripened tannins, perfectly balanced oak and a beautiful track in the final
Serving suggestion: delicious with grilled steak, lamb chops and chicken, fried liver, fresh pasta with spicy-hot tomato sauce - or simply to get yourself to do something good!
Serving temperature: 18.00 ° C
Analytical Data: Alcohol: 14.50%
Residual sugar: 1.20 g / l
Acid: 6.50 g / l
stored for up to (at least): six to eight years
Manufacturing: Raven Woods old Zinfandel vines in Lodi could anchor its roots over the years, deep in the vineyard. The impressive intensity and concentration of aromatic grapes make up for the relatively low income levels more than. They give the wine its distinctive character warmwürzigen. All grapes are hand picked and fermented with natural yeast from the vineyard in the open and closed fermenters at about 30 ° C. The wines then remain for ten to 15 days on the skins, leaving the residue cake twice daily submerged, so as to remove the skins maximum colors and flavors. Only then, the wine is pressed and about 18 months in new 225-liter French oak barrels made from 100% (30%) developed. Lodi Zinfandel goes through complete malolactic fermentation.
General: The Lodi wine region (since 1986 AVA) is located inland in the northern tip of the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley). The fertile soils, with their thick pebbles remind a little of the southern Rhône, and a Mediterranean climate, with warm days, cool nights and a constant maritime breezes from the Sacramento River Delta, offer the unique vine growth and maturation conditions. And although Lodi known for its grape variety is the undisputed Zinfandel holds the scepter in his hand. In Lodi Zinfandel is grown more than anywhere else, some vines are over 120 years Old Vine Zinfandel at. In his starts Joel Peterson one characteristic gentleness of Lodi Zinfandel, her chubby spice and velvety richness on the palate.
Bottle size: 0,75 l
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