Nose
The 2014 Hartford Vineyard is an elegant and powerful Zinfandel with blackberry, boysenberry and allspice aromas that are echoed on the palate.
Palate
Black cherry flavors are balanced by subtle fennel and dried herb notes alongside a spicy cinnamon stick finish. The well-integrated tannins extend the complex flavors, giving the wine great length.
Growing Conditions
Hartford Family Winery proprietors Don and Jenny Hartford tend this 100+ year-old vineyard located on seven acres along Wood Road in the Russian River Valley AVA of Sonoma County. The vineyard is head-pruned and produces low yields of about one ton per acre. Most vines produce only several clusters of intensely flavored grapes each year.Wood Road has well-drained, low-fertility, sandy loam soils about two to three feet in depth over deeper layers of compacted sandy loam and clay. Since the Italian immigrants who planted the Wood Road Vineyard in the early 1900’s wanted to ensure long vine life and moisture for their dry-farmed vines, they placed a blasting cap where each vine was to be planted to break through the compacted layer. Today we continue to enjoy the fruits of their ingenuity and celebrate the legacy of “dynamite” Zinfandels. The Hartford Vineyard has been farmed using organic and bio-dynamic practices since 2004.
Bottling
Unfined and unfiltered
Winemaking
Native yeast
Aging
9 months, 100% French oak, 40% New.
