2019 Carlisle Zinfandel Saitone Ranch

It’s been a long five-year wait but Saitone is back! Just a few hundred yards north of Papera Ranch, planted in 1895, Saitone Vineyard is one of if not the oldest vineyards in the Piner-Olivet region of the Russian River Valley. Now owned by Williams Selyem, we are incredibly fortunate that they are willing to share some of this very special fruit with us. Picked on September 29th, the must was cold soaked for five days before inoculation with a local strain of yeast, appropriately named Williams Selyem. Pressed to all French oak, 25% new. Lightly fined with gelatin to smooth the palate but bottled unfiltered.
Wine Spectator 94 – “A brooding intensity underlines this Zinfandel, which is impressively structured and old-school briary. Offers accents of blackberry, licorice and garrigue on the way to appealingly rustic tannins. Drink now through 2030.”