Pedroncelli 2006 Zinfandel Mother Clone

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Aromas of ripe blackberry and spice, jammy fruit flavors framed with subtle black pepper.

Pedroncelli 2006 Zinfandel Mother Clone
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Product Description

Vineyard Sources
Pedroncelli's historic Zinfandel vineyards are located on the hillsides surrounding the winery, on the ranch originally purchased by John Pedroncelli Sr. in 1927 and planted to Zinfandel since 1904. The Zinfandel vines are head-pruned and hand picked. They were cloned from the original "Mother" vines... of which one quarter of an acre exist today and fruit from these 100-year-old vines is included in the blend. Along with the fruit from our estate vineyards, it has been a tradition to blend in the fruit from the Buchignani vineyard, another old vine (40-50 years old) vineyard.

Winemaking
Pedroncelli's Zinfandel style is to showcase Dry Creek Valley's personality of fruit and spice. The grapes are hand-picked with scrupulous attention paid to harvesting the fruit at the optimum time, without over-ripening the fruit. The grapes were picked the last week of September and lots were fermented separately in stainless steel tanks. The cellar crew performs three pumpovers per day-this process adds softness and extracts color and flavor from the skins. Following fermentation, the wine was aged in American oak barrels for 12 months.

Appellation: Dry Creek Valley
Blend: 88% Zinfandel, 12% Petite Sirah
Aging: 12 months in new French oak and seasoned American oak
Alcohol: 14.4%
pH: 3.53
Total Acidity: .600g/100ml
Bottled: February 2008

Additional Information

Food Pairings	Sausage and Pinto Bean Burrito
Varietal	Zinfandel
Appellation	Dry Creek Valley
Accolades	Gold Medal, Best Buy - Beverage Testing Institute
Winemaker Profile	John Pedroncelli Jr. John Pedroncelli Jr. is Dry Creek Valley's most experienced winemaker. More than 40 vintages at Pedroncelli Winery have given him an unsurpassed understanding of the region and its grapes, and an uncanny ability to bring out the best of both in his wines. John was two years old when the Pedroncelli family purchased the winery and moved to Geyserville in 1927. Vineyard chores were simply part of growing up. "There was always work a kid could do to help out, like suckering vines," he recalls. When wine production resumed after Prohibition, his chores expanded to include cleaning redwood tanks and assisting his father in the cellar. After two years of military service, he entered Santa Rosa Junior College, where he studied chemistry and botany. He began assuming winemaking responsibilities from his father in 1948, but returned to college in the early 1950s to take enology courses at the University of California at Davis. After the retirement of John Pedroncelli, Sr. in 1963, he also became manager of the firm's 135 acres of vineyards. During his tenure, John has guided Pedroncelli through the tough transition from bulk wine producer to premium winery. He created California's first Zinfandel Rose in 1958, began producing premium varietal wines in 1965, and updated the winemaking facility with modern equipment and small oak barrels in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, he continues to innovate, creating vineyard-select wines and replanting the estate vineyards on advanced trellises to grape varieties carefully selected for each site. "I've always wanted Pedroncelli wines to be among the best made in Dry Creek Valley," he explains. That's why we continue to fine-tune our grape growing and winemaking; using our experience to achieve a balance of ripe fruit, oak complexity and approachable character that is both distinctive and a pleasure to drink."
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