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Wine

Ravensood Wine - 2001 Barricia Vineyard Zinfandel (Magnum)

Item Number: 184

Estimated Value: 100 USD
Sold: 65 USD to davebreu

Number of Bids: 7 - Bid History

Item Description

This item includes a magnum bottle (1.5L) of Ravenswood Winery's 2001 Barricia Vineyard Zinfandel. Ravenswood Barricia wines are beautifully complex and potentially long-lived. Barricia vineyeards has the blackberry and black pepper spiciness commonly associated with Sonoma Valley Zinfandel. It has a unique ripe plum spice flavor that is well supported by fine, ripe tannins. After tasting this wine, it is easy to see why so many wineries have chosen to set it apart as a special production.

Patricion Heron and Barbara Olesen must have been psychic when they purchased the vineyard that the would name "Barricia" (a contraction of their first names that, coincidentally means "barrel" in Portuguese). The Zinfandel from this vineyard has been revered by every winery that has made wine from it. And why not? The majority of Barricia is an old, low production vineyard in a special location in Sonoma Valley. The area, known by locals as the "Banana Belt" due to the benevolent warmth of its microclimate, was among the first planted in Sonoma Valley. Though none of the vines are from the primary planting because of a phylloxera epidemic that ravaged the original vines planted on their own roots, some however, do date from the replant which was grafted to St. George root stock in the late 1870s. Due to their age and the fact that they are dry farmed, the crop level on these vines is low and the vine vigor minimal. This, of course, leads to very intense wines. Because of the thick skinned nature of the grapes, the level of tannin is high and to maintain a good blance between fruit and structure Winemaker Joel Peterson is careful not to over extract the grapes.

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