2024 Black Label Zinfandel - Choral's Vineyard

Zinfandel from the Leland’s field has always been interesting to work with. 2022 was a challenging harvest year in many areas of California as we had some fairly intense heat waves that lingered for a couple weeks mid ripening season. This accelerated the sugar ripening of the grapes while the phenolic ripening lagged behind. Luckily, the old vines deep roots and exceptionally sandy soils allowed the vines to moderate growth during these heat waves. We picked early in the morning to bring the fruit in cold, then destemmed to 1000lb maco bins, holding the Zinfandel for 2 days before inoculating fermentation. Post fermentation we aged for 24 months in a mix of American oak barrels.

The Vineyard: