2008 Zinfandel, One Oak
Vineyard:One Oak was planted approximately ten years ago, on lean soils at the southwest part of Sonoma Valley. It sits at the base of Arrowhead Mountain and is therefore shaded much of the early morning and in the afternoon it experiences cooling winds – together these factors make for a wonderful long growing season.
Winemaking:
Harvested in the cool early morning at approximately 25.3 Brix and de-stemmed into a small open-top fermenter, the fruit/must was then cold soaked for three days and inoculated with a low rate of yeast – this allows the ‘wild yeast’ to have their effect before the cultured yeast takes over. After fermentation, the wine was pressed and racked to new and one year old French Oak barrels. This wine was aged in this cooperage for twelve months before being bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Great color again! The 2008 vintage of One Oak has the site’s signature of dark chocolate, mocha and raspberry, along with claret like elegance. The 2008 seems to have another level of complexity that evolves in the glass after 10-15 minutes…making it a wine to go back to over a period of time.
Cellaring: 7 – 12 years
Case Production: only 175 cases
Retail Price:
$36.00