Papapietro Perry 2008 Elsbree Vineyard Zinfandel

Tasting Notes
Medium ruby red color with a wonderful nose of sweet raspberry and blackberry with a hint of spice and smoke . It is elegant and balanced with flavors of dark berry fruit, with a hint of spice and pepper, leading to a long full finish of sweet fruit and oak. Smooth tannins add structure and mouth feel, but dont overpower.

Type	Red
Varietal	Zinfandel
Vintage	2008
Bottle size	750mL
Alcohol content	14.7%
Appellation	California Sonoma County
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Wine Enthusiast	--
Wine Spectator	88
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Papapietro Perry
Winemaker's Notes: The Elsbree Vineyard not only provides us with fantastic Pinot Noir, we are now proud to offer this vineyard designate Zinfandel. This vineyard is producing incredible fruit and we couldnt be happier with the results. The Elsbree vineyard is in a beautiful location in Windsor where its steep hills overlook the Sonoma County Valley. The Zinfandel is planted in rocky soil on steep sloping terraces, ideally suited for this varietal. The vineyard is 12-years old planted with Old Century clone grafted from 100 year old vines. We use many of the same techniques with our Zinfandel as with our Pinot Noir. We cold-soak the grapes for three days and once the fermentation begins we hand punch the grapes in open-top fermenters, a method not commonly used with Zinfandel. The wine was then aged for 15 months in Francois Frres oak barrels. We always keep the grapes separate throughout the process so we can make blending decisions after the grapes have evolved independently. Because we make our Zinfandel using the same techniques as our Pinot Noir, our Zin really appeals to the Pinot lover.