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-- <I>Peterson Winery 2002 Zinfandel, Tradizionale</I>
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<B>Tasting Notes:</B><BR>
The words “Dry Creek Zin” conjure up images of luscious unions of raspberry and black pepper. Our 2002 Tradizionale Zinfandel exhibits these traditional characteristics and more. This wine offers tempting aromas of cherry, raspberry and black pepper with hints of baking spices. The smooth flavors of ripe raspberry, rich cherry and sweet vanilla balance perfectly with the tannin and oak. These delicious flavors carry through to the long, lingering finish, satisfying even the strongest Dry Creek Zin craving.<BR>
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<B>Primary Vineyards:</B><BR>
West Vineyard is an 80-year-old dry-farmed, headtrained Zinfandel vineyard located on a hillside in the southeast corner of Dry Creek Valley. A traditional field-blend vineyard; a small portion is planted with mixed black varieties such as Petite Sirah, Carignane and Mataro, along with a few whitegrape varieties.<BR>
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<B>Fred's Vintaged View:</B><BR>
This is the kind of wine that really got me hooked on Zinfandel. A traditional, old-vine field-blend, this wine to me is the classic “raspberry jam” that differentiates the best Dry Creek Valley Zins from all others. Big, but balanced. Fruity, yet elegant. This is a wine that will go with almost any food, but you can also just pull the cork on a bottle and drink it with friends while playing cards or watching a good movie.<BR>
The old-vine West Vineyard Zinfandel in this wine was planted in the 1920s during Prohibition. It contains about 3% other red grapes (Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouschet, Carignane and some others I’m not really sure about) as well as 1% white grapes (Semillon, Palomino and Chasselas). All the vines are harvested at the same time and all the various varieties are cofermented, which produces a smoother, fuller wine than separate fermentations and subsequent blending can give you.<BR>
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<B>Technical Data</B><BR>
Composition 97% Zinfandel
3% Field blend of mixed red (2.5%) and white (0.5%) grapes
Appellation Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County<BR>
Harvested Dept. 16 & 20, 2002<BR>
Alcohol 14.7% <BR>
pH 3.50 <BR>
TA 0.62g/100ml<BR>
Barrel Aging 18 months<BR>
Type of Oak 10% new Hungarian oak,
90% 2-4 year old French oak<BR>
Bottled March 25, 2004 <BR>
Production 450 cases <BR>
Released March 2006
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