3555 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA, 95448, (707)433-6626, FAX(707)433-3077 1994 Lot 1, ZINFANDEL Dry Creek Valley PRONUNCIATION: tel DES kee VARIETAL: 79.42% ZINFANDEL APPELLATION: DRY CREEK VALLEY - BENCHLAND VINEYARDS: CATERINA TELDESCHI VINEYARDS - ESTATE GROWN HARVESTED DATES: SEPTEMBER 18, 1994 THROUGH OCTOBER 2, 1994 BRIX AT HARVEST: 24.1 TO 26.3 AGE OF VINES: 50% OLD VINES (80 YEAR OLD), 50% 10-30 YEAR OLD FERMENTATION: OPEN TOP STAINLESS STEEL TANKS PUNCHED DOWN 3-4 TIMES DAILY DURING FIRST FOUR DAYS OF FERMENTATION FERMENTATION LENGTH: ELEVEN DAYS, PEAK TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES OAK AGING: 24 MONTHS IN USED FRENCH OAK BARRELS, 10-15 YEARS OLD ALCOHOL: 13.8% BY VOLUME pH: 3.61 TOTAL ACID: .67 RESIDUAL SUGARS: .20% CASES PRODUCED: 470 CASES BOTTLED UNFILTERED, UNFINED. AGEABILITY: TWELVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS WITH PROPER CELLARING GROWING CONDITIONS: AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURES, WARM SEPTEMBER-BUT NOT TOO HOT. NO RAIN FOOD PAIRING: STEW WITH ORGANIC VEGI'S, ROAST DUCK, CHOCOLATE DECADENCE RETAIL PRICE: $22.00 PER BOTTLE