Post Flirtation Red 2023
62% Zinfandel, 38% Carignan · Dry Farmed, California
Looking for a chilled red? This concentrated kitchen chameleon carries our banner for California crowd-pleasers. Year after year, excellent sourcing and careful blending yield a heart-warming wine that’s bursting with juicy red fruit. Bring this joyous bottle into any bustling hearth and share amongst friends old and new.
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750 ml, 12.5% ABV
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Enjoy With
Your siblings, your parents, heck—even your grandparents. This intergenerational crowd pleaser brings smiles to the whole family.
Drink When
You need some California love. Reach for this bottle when an impromptu happy hour has started in your kitchen—snacks, laughter, and light Italian disco start wafting through the windows.
Martha's Notes
This wine is so joyous, and to me, distinctly Californian. I never knew how much I loved Zinfandel until I started working as Chris Brockway’s (Broc Cellars) Assistant Winemaker. When picked before the grape berries begin to shrivel, you get amazing hibiscus, rhubarb, pomegranate, and baking spices from Zin. Like an avocado, the window is small between unripe and overripe for Zin, and I watch our Zinfandel vineyards closely. Carignan, Zin’s less celebrated companion, provides a savory component reminiscent of driving through California chaparral and can be incredibly complex with 75 years of vine age. I’m not re-inventing the wheel with this classic old vine Zin/Carignan blend, just lightening things up a bit.
Specifications
Vintage:
2023
Alcohol:
12.5%
Varietal:
62% Zinfandel, 38% Carignan
Vineyard:
Zinfandel from Del Barba Vineyard, Oakley, Contra Costa County; dry farmed (non-irrigated) vineyard; pure sandy soils (like walking on a beach).
Carignan from Ricetti Vineyard, Redwood Valley, Mendocino County; planted in 1948; dry-farmed (non-irrigated), certified organic vineyard; gravelly loam soils.
Reserve Carignan (2021) from Venturi Vineyard, Calpella, Mendocino County; dry farmed (non-irrigated), certified organic vineyard; Pinole gravelly loam soils.
Vinification Notes:
Zinfandel (100% destemmed) and Carignan (95% whole cluster, 5% destemmed) hand-harvested and fermented separately. A mixture of punchdowns and pumpovers were used to gently extract tannin and each lot was pressed prior to dryness. Aged in a combination of stainless steel and neutral oak barrique for 6 months before blending with a small percentage of reserve Carignan from 2021, which aged in neutral oak barrique for 28 months. Unfined. Unfiltered. Sediment expected.
Serving Temp:
Cellar // 55-60°F (13-16°C) // This bottle should be cold to the touch, but not frosty.
At Bottling:
(February 2024): 12.5% alc/vol · Free SO2 7 mg/L, Total SO2 20 mg/L · Less than 1 g/L sugar (dry) · All wines are vegan.
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