Grower & Winemaker’s Notes

Over the course of the 2005 growing season, approximately 45% of the Zinfandel fruit grown on the Estate was “thinned” (dropped to the ground) in order to produce the aromatic intensity that lies inside. Harvest Moon employs an extensive canopy management program with the trellised five-acre Zin block. This program includes spring suckering, leaf pulling, cane-positioning, fruit-thinning and bull-caning. Deficit-irrigation was also employed, whereas the vines received just the amount of water such that the vine didn’t begin to shut down. A wise man once said, “stressed vines create complex wines”.

This 100% Estate Zin barreled for a full 20 months in mostly neutral oak is packed full of dark juicy blackfruit all wrapped around a mouthwatering spicy backbone. Drink now until 2025.

Proprietor’s Notes

We feel this single-vineyard Zin exemplifies classic fruit-driven wine from the Russian RiverValley.

Love is growing Russian River Valley Zinfandel…