Cruse Wine Co, White Zinfandel Petillant Naturel Eaglepoint Vineyard 2023
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$46.00
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Certified Organic
100% Zinfandel
Eaglepoint Ranch Vineyard (Mendocino County)
The vineyard is 2,000′ elevation above Ukiah and the grapes are 40+ year old vines
The soil is decomposed sandstone with veins of “timber red” laoms and upland pasture soil types
Hand-harvested
Native yeast fermentation
50% of the fruit was foot tread before loading into the Champagne press. They were pressed with a champagne cycle and just the cuvee fraction was used. Fermented in stainless steel and bottled slightly sweet to finish in bottle
The wine was aged for 6 months in bottle and then riddled and disgorged with no dosage
250 cases produced
12% ABV