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Wine Description
The Story
Probably the most famous Zinfandel wine made in California, first made in 1966 from a field blend of old vines which remains 76% Zinfandel, 16% Carignane, 6% Petite Sirah and 2% Alicante Bouschet and is the longest continuous Zinfandel production known. When so much in California winegrowing has changed over the decades, Geyserville remains the same, impressively consistent wine – a true statesman amongst all the parvenus. The grapes here have...
Vintage 2006
Rain, rain go away
The 2006 harvest finished in early November and will go down as a “grower’s year” as Napa Valley faced a variety of challenges from New Year flooding to spring’s continued wet weather that delayed budbreak. By early June, the sun came out and vines began to bloom and set fruit. In mid-July a record-setting 10-day heat wave struck, but canopies had not yet been thinned and young clusters were shaded from the hot sun. Augus...