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2019 Giannecchini Family Vineyard Zinfandel Old Vine Mendocino 750 ml
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This Is Old-Vine Intensity
Clay Shannon knows a great vineyard when he sees it.
With a storied career in Napa Valley viticulture and 2,000+ acres of his own in Lake County, he presides over some of the top terroirs outside of California’s big-money zones. So he knew exactly what to do when he heard the Giannecchini family in Mendocino was ready to sell the site they’d farmed for over a century: He had to pounce.
His 2019 Giannecchini Old-Vine Zinfandel Blend shows exactly why he was all over this vineyard in the Talmage Bench region of Mendocino County. Grown on vines planted between 1910 and 1920 on land the Giannecchini family farmed for four generations, this Zin is bursting with aromas of warm dark red and black fruits, black plum, balsamic soaked strawberry, black cherry, licorice, wild violets, cracked pepper and raspberry preserves. Long and rich on the palate, it’s got a little dusty earth and rocky soil making their way to the finish.
Shannon is a self-made man. He grew up a 4-H farm boy in Sonoma County and rose through the ranks to become manager of all vineyard operations at Trinchero before he set out on his own. Today, his holdings in Lake County contain 1,000 acres of organically farmed vineyards he planted himself—in fact, his “Home Ranch” site is one of the largest 100% certified organic vineyards in the United States.
One sip and you’ll see why Shannon hand-picked Giannecchini for his portfolio. This is a superb dry-farmed Zinfandel that shows why Zin is California’s grape!