2022 Blasi Zinfandel

Strawberry, cherry and leather on the nose. Medium-bodied with minerality, showing its Chalk Hill terroir. SR (7/24)

Moderate summer weather and drought conditions allowed the smaller crop to develop full flavor and balanced acidity. This vineyard is characterized by its soil, chalky white volcanic ash, and slightly warmer location in the Chalk Hill appellation. An ideal place to grow flavorful zinfandel, this lovely wine is enjoyable now and will continue to develop over the next six years. SR (1/24)

Gary Blasi has been farming this old vines vineyard in the Chalk Hill appellation for over forty years on a handshake agreement with owner Jim Metcalfe. This wine has been labeled with Gary’s name to credit his many years of meticulously farming this classic vineyard.

Rainfall: 23 inches (below normal)
Bloom: Early May
Weather: A dry winter and spring stressed the vines, limiting yields and concentrating flavors.

Harvest Date: 10 September
Grapes: Average Brix 24.7˚
TA: 6.79 g/L
pH: 3.82
Fermentation: Natural primary and secondary fermentation
Barrels: 100% air-dried American oak barrels (7% new, 29% four years old, and 64% five-plus years old).
Aging: Fourteen months in barrel

All Blasi estate grown grapes, hand-harvested; destemmed and crushed; fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic on the naturally occurring bacteria; oak from barrel aging; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 109 ppm over the course of aging), pad filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions.

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