Winemaker's Notes

I cut off the irrigation weeks before harvest. We had selected specific vineyard rows off the Estate to produce this exotic dessert wine. The shriveled fruit that was chosen for the Late Harvest program wasn't the most attractive fruit, as it saw some drizzle, mold and experienced extreme dehydration. Once fermentation was underway, I tasted the fermenting must twice daily waiting for just the right balance of alcohol, flavor components and residual sugar. When I felt the wine was in balance, I arrested the fermentation via pressing off, dropping the wine temperature to 30 degrees and racking immediately off its lees. Other than Assmanhausen yeast and yeast nutrients, there was nothing added to this wine.

Tasting Notes

This unique depiction of the 2007 growing season is jam packed with spicy dark cherry aromatics followed up with a medium mouth feel and a lingering finish of white pepper and juicy cherries and raspberries. Our 2007 Late Harvest showcases perfect balance between RRV fruit, viscosity (RS) and natural acidity thus allowing 5-8 years of cellaring.

Proprietor's Notes

This wine was made from a particularly sunny part of the Estate block. Left for weeks longer on the vine with only sips of water, this wine represents the epitome of our Estate Zinfandel… Bright juicy perfumy red-berried fruit.

Harvest Moon… whispering to you