76% Zinfandel, 16% Carignan, 6% Petite Sirah and 2% Alicante Bouschet Winemaker note: “We have made this Zinfandel every year for fifty-six years. Consistency of quality and vineyard character are its hallmarks. A dry winter with a moderate spring and summer ripened the grapes evenly. Showing plentiful fruit, elegant tannins and bright acidity, this fine wine will develop fully over the...

Vina Ardanza’s 2005 Reserva is a complex wine that is already showing so many of the wonderful qualities we have come to expect from this classic Rioja. Masses of dark fruit, with measures of dried berries and cherries wrapped up in a silky smooth coat of herbs, spice, smoke and leather. The palate lives up to the hype from the...

72% Zinfandel, 15% Petit Sirah, 9% Carignan, 2% Alicante Bouschet, 1% Sinsault, 1% Counoise Winemaker note: “A dry winter left the vines struggling to find water. This reduced fruit set in all varietals, especially Zinfandel. From the thirty-eight parcels were harvested from 1st September to 5th October and fermented separately. Thirty-four were selected, including vines planted in 1901 and eighty-year-old Counoise inter-planted...