Cline Family Cellars Eight Spur Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2022

Winemaking

Grapes are hand-harvested at night, sorted, and gently destemmed. Fermentation is natural and warm with temperatures peaking at 90ºF. Wine is left on skins for 18 days, gently pumped over twice a day, then three times a day at peak fermentation before dropping to once a day for the final 8 days. The wine is then gentle pressed into separate fractions for malolactic fermentation in barrel as it ages for 15 months in 40% new French oak.

Tasting Notes

Eight Spur Zinfandel displays loads of bright strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry flavors with hints of cinnamon, tobacco leaf and vanilla. Medium-full bodied with balanced acidity, and fine-grained tannins, the finish is opulent and long.