3555 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA, 95448, (707)433-6626, FAX(707)433-3077

1998 ZINFANDEL
Dry Creek Valley

PRONUNCIATION: tel DES kee
VARIETAL: 80.65% ZINFANDEL
APPELLATION: DRY CREEK VALLEY - BENCHLAND
VINEYARDS: CATERINA TELDESCHI VINEYARDS - ESTATE GROWN
HARVESTED DATES: SEPTEMBER 7, 1998 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22, 1998
BRIX AT HARVEST: 23.8 TO 24.6
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 AND AMERICAN OAK BARRELS.
ALCOHOL: 13.8% BY VOLUME
pH: 3.65
TOTAL ACID: .65
RESIDUAL SUGARS: .18%
CASES PRODUCED: 400 CASES BOTTLED UNFILTERED, UNFINED.
AGEABILITY: EIGHT TO TEN YEARS WITH PROPER CELLARING
GROWING CONDITIONS: BELOW AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURES, WARM SEPTEMBER BUT NOT TOO HOT. THREAT OF RAIN UP TO END OF HARVEST.
FOOD PAIRING: BAR-B-QUED FOODS, LAMB SHANK, SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN