Oak Farm Lodi Zinfandel

A bold Lodi Zinfandel with cedar, dark chocolate covered cherries, and spices. Rich in flavor and smooth in texture.The Zinfandel fruit came from two vineyards. One is from just east of Hwy 99, farmed by Aaron Shinn was planted in 1986. The vineyard is located in the Mokelumne River Sub AVA. It’s rather sandy soil makes it predictably one of the earliest vineyards to ripen to maturity. It is head trained (no catch wire trellis system) and is sustainably farmed. The other vineyard is the Hohenreider vineyard off of Peltier road east of Hwy 99 and it just barely in the Jahant Sub AVA. It was planted in 1958 has a sandy loam soil. It is also head trained (no catch wire trellis system) and is sustainably farmed.