2017 Brown Estate Zinfandel

Description

Eye
Garnet/magenta core with ruby rim.

Nose
Climbing rose, musk, myrrh, fresh English lavender, citrus, sweet clove, dark black fruits, Asian apple, hibiscus, candied apple, apricot taffy, morning garden, forest bramble.

Palate
Full-bodied, ripe, gentle tannins.

• Composition
  100% Estate Grown Zinfandel
• Vineyard Source
  Brown Estate – Big Field, Chiles Valley, Rosemary’s & Mickey’s blocks
• Appellation
  Napa Valley
• Barrel Aging
  12 months in 30% new oak, 50/50 French/American
• Alcohol by vol.
  15.2%
• Our flagship Napa Valley Zinfandel historically has borne the responsibility of being the ultimate representative of what our property and its unique microclimate have to offer — the cream of the Brown Estate Zinfandel crop blended into one stellar wine. As such, it is the most challenging Zin we produce because it requires commingling of several distinct personalities into a singular well-adjusted protagonist. The fact that each vineyard’s qualities complement and enhance the others’ virtues is a testament to the integration, fluidity, and perpetual motion — the balancing act! — that is Brown Estate itself.