Zinfandel 2008

Tyler and Rob sourced grapes for this wine from an old, dry-farmed vineyard on Mount St. Helena in Lake County, a well-known Zinfandel region. They enhanced the wine’s rich fruit intensity with 10 months of aging in French oak.

This wine has ripe black fruit character accented with dark cocoa and cracked pepper. Rich tannins give it a firm, pleasant structure that stands up beautifully to food.

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VINEYARDS
Tyler and Rob looked to the dry-farmed Hoodoo Creek Vineyard on the north side of Mount St. Helena in Lake County. Planted in the 1930s, this site lies on an extinct riverbed of cobblestone, minerals and quartz. The combination of old vines and a unique soil structure gives our fruit rich intensity and singular character.

WINEMAKING
After gentle hand-harvest, destemming and crush, the juice was fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks then aged for 22 months in 100% French oak barrels.

TASTING NOTES
Our 2009 TF Limited-Production Zinfandel is a juicy and powerful Old Vine Zinfandel that bursts with flavors of chocolate, leather, cracked pepper and bold black fruits. It is best when paired with bright and fresh ingredients – found in a dish like Osso Bucco, one of Tyler’s favorite classic meals.

VINTAGE 2009
Napa Valley’s 2009 growing season was dramatic, but the result was fruit of excellent quality and great flavor concentration. A very dry spring caused buds to emerge early, which meant that frost in late March and early April significantly reduced crop size. A cool summer of consistent temperatures slowed vine development, and harvest began only slightly ahead of normal. A heat spell in late August sped up ripening, but cool fall temperatures helped to lengthen harvest. This second consecutive dry growing season in the Napa Valley, combined with the reduced crops, resulted in berries that expressed their vineyards with rich, concentrated flavors.

Wine Specs

Vintage 2008