Palate
The scarlet red color and sweet tobacco nose lures you in to your first sip. This wine opens up with tart plum that leads into deeper darker fruit undertones of blackberry. Earth tones of cherry stem carry this wine to its broad tannin finish.
Growing Conditions
The vineyard at J Dusi Winery is located in the Templeton Gap AVA. This vineyard was planted specifically for the J Dusi Wine program with a vast selection of wine varietals to create a “spice rack” for winemaker, Janell Dusi. These vines are farmed for fewer pounds per plant to ultimately create a high quality product. This vineyard was planted in 2013 and is farmed by the Dusi Family.
Winemaking
Janell Dusi is the proprietor and winemaker, specializing in Zinfandel. She is a 4th generation farmer who is the first of the family to go beyond farming to produce wines from the Dusi Vineyards. She honors her heritage by winemaking in the most native form; handpicking, hand sorting and stomping her wines by foot. Her signature style is continued with non-invasive wine handling and gentle barrel aging. A combination of new French and American oak, juvenile barrels are rounded out with neutral barrels to create wines that respect and reveal the natural varietal characteristics of Zinfandel.
