Four Vines Old Vine Zinfandel (75cl, 14.5%)

A full-bodied Lodi Zinfandel sourced from head-trained vines 30 to 50 years old, with grapes picked during cool nighttime and early morning hours. The wine spends ten days to two weeks on its skins, then undergoes malolactic fermentation and ages for ten months in French, Hungarian and American oak barrels, 25% new. The blend is predominantly Zinfandel at approximately 90%, with Petite Sirah at 9% and a small fraction of Rubired at 1%. The nose shows ripe wild berry, brambly blackberry, black cherry, jamminess and black pepper, with smoky oak and mineral notes. The palate is juicy and generous with dark plum, black currant and dried cherry, building tobacco leaf and exotic spice with oak-derived vanilla. The finish carries black cherry, vanilla, smoky oak and mineral flavours.