The Findleton Estate and Vineyard Zinfandel was one of Tom Findleton’s first commercially released wines. His wife, Pamela Findleton was delighted to design the first label and envisioned a mermaid enjoying a glass of Zinfandel, thus bestowing the name “FIN ZIN.” The Zinfandelwas hand picked from the high altitude Stonehaven Vineyard. Clusters were destemmed, lightly crushed, and fermented with 30% whole berries. A combination of selected yeast strains were used for individual small batch fermentations, and resulting wines were later blended to enhance complexity and primary fruit characters. The wine was aged in a combination of new and neutral oak for 18 months and aged an additional year in the bottle before release. The nose exhibits aromas of strawberry and briar complimented by anise, clove, tobacco, and woodsmoke. Elegant and refined, this wine is nicely balanced with red fruit, toasty oak, and underlying layers of spice.
