#whatweretasting | 2016 Hooker Creek Zinfandel
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2016 Hooker Creek Zinfandel
Tasting Notes
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- Cherry
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- Pipe Tobacco
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- Blackberry
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- Flower Petals
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- White Pepper
- Aroma: Cherry, pipe tobacco, blackberry, cedar, flower petals.
- Flavor: Juicy dark red fruit, chewy dried cherry, white pepper.
- Additional Notes: Great mouthfeel, complexity and lingering finish.
- Wine Evolution: Can be enjoyed now, but has potential for aging.
- Taster: Eliot – Lytton Springs Winery, Healdsburg, CA
Production Overview
Harvested from August 30 to September 5, with an average brix of 25.1. Grapes destemmed, crushed, pumped over a floating cap twice daily, pressed at 10 days. Ten months in barrel, 100% air-dried american oak barrels (10% new, 40% one and two years old, 50% three, four and five years old).
Additional Notes from Winemaker, John Olney:
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