Martinelli Giuseppe & Luisa Zinfandel, Russian River Valley, USA 2023 California Grenache Fine tannins frame the palate

Fine tannins frame the palate

and then placed into barrels (French oak

the year 2022 was marked by average temperatures higher than seasonal norms and rainfall deficits from the start of the vine’s vegetative cycle

has a soft

The wine is light in color but deep in detail

Martinelli Giuseppe & Luisa Zinfandel, Russian River Valley, USA 2023 California Grenache Fine tannins frame the palateGiuseppe and Luisa Martinelli planted three acres of Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley in the 1880s. The old vineyard is now known as Jackass Hill and remains the steepest non terraced hillside vineyard in Sonoma County. Nearly one century later Giuseppe and Luisas grandson, Lee Martinelli Sr., followed in their footsteps by planting a Zinfandel vineyard. He grafted bud wood from the centurion vines onto low vigor rootstocks and planted them one