Ridge Vineyards Zinfandel Paso Robles 2000 Size:750ml and a hint of toasty

and a hint of toasty oak

and 115 – contribute different nuances when co-fermented

The first French AOC in 1936

which accentuates fruit and limits extraction of tannins

and definitive

Ridge Vineyards Zinfandel Paso Robles 2000 Size:750ml and a hint of toastyWinemaker Notes: Warm summer temperatures in Paso Robles ripened the Dusi Vineyard's small crop earlier than usual. Some un eveness in the ripening added firm acidity and sugars averaged 25 Brix. Within three days, naturally occurring yeast started the fermentation; dryness was reached within nine days. We pressed, and as secondary fermentation also natural began, racked to new, air dried American oak. After two weeks the wine was racked again this