2007 Blend "Lorenzo's Heirloom" from Dry Creek Valley

Price: $35.00 Review Date: 2009-07-22

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Captivating aromas that ignite excitement of what's to come! Intensely dark color that evokes aromas of dried spices, perfectly ripe blackberries, cloves, warming rose petals sensations and just a hint of smoke and oak. The flavors explode on the palate with notes of licorice, jammy blackberries and candied cherries flavors. The finish is full of hearty tannins that will let this wine age gracefully over the next few years. Toffee, oak spice and mixed berries linger long after the finish. This wines is a magnificent example of what blending with an old-wolrd mentally can blossom. Truly stunning. Bravo.

Winemaker Notes

If the Bedrock Heirloom Wine is all about perfume and brightness, Lorenzo’s expresses all the black, dark-fruited, power of Dry Creek Valley. In 2007 I cofermented 100 year old vine Zinfandel, Carignane, and Petite Sirah from a vineyard (which must go unnamed for the time being) on the bench of Dry Creek Valley. The powerful, black, wine was placed in 75% new French wood coopered by Tonnelleries Nadalie and Remond from the Allier and Nievre forests. The higher percentage of new wood, along with the choice to use the heavier impact coopers of Nadalie and Remond, was pretty much decided for me by the wine; if the wine wants to be brash and high-impact I rather work with it than try to tame it. However, to try and temper some of the tannins I racked the wine once in May of 2008 before its final racking and bottling on November 25th of the same year, something I normally avoid but was demanded by the raw power of this youngster. The resulting wine is enormous— rich in black fruits, crushed espresso beans, freshly milled pepper, and staining but supple tannin. This promises to have a long life ahead of it.

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