Description
Fred’s (Peterson) Vintaged View
We have a history with mountain wines and mountain
vineyards going back to 1979, when I first laid eyes on
Mount Eden Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains
and fell in love with the intensity of mountain fruit. I
carried that devotion for mountain wines with me when
I moved up to Dry Creek Valley in 1983 to develop a
vineyard and build my house on Bradford Mountain.
This wine encapsulates all of the best qualities found in
mountain grown Zinfandels from the Dry Creek Valley
appellation. Poorer soils and colder nights harness and
preserve more of the bright acidity and freshness in
the grapes. More sunlight hours at the higher elevation
means darker, richer fruit. Unlike benchland Zins,
mountain Zins have a peppery quality and more black
fruit character (think wild blackberry).
In the 2019 estate vineyard Zinfandel, we combined
wine from our head-trained block, as well as our trellised
rows of Zin, with 5% estate-grown Petite Sirah. The
result was a delicious wine with a perfect blance of
structure and flavors.
Tasting Notes
Seductive aromatics of a fresh berry tart laced with
brown baking spices fill the senses. From the first sip,
an inherent brightness lifts the wine across the palate,
leaving a cedary spice trail in its wake. Intense flavors
of ripe blackberry, black cherry and black raspberry
are joined by dark plum. Traces of fresh peach and a
mineral essence appear as the wine lingers. A classic
Zin from our Bradford Mountain Estate Vineyard.
This wine will pair so perfectly with cedar-planked wild
king salmon, creamy bacon carbonara, or braised beef
cheeks served with sautéed cremini mushrooms and
buttery mashed potatoes.
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