Winery FritzCreekside Zinfandel
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The Creekside Zinfandel of the Winery Fritz is in the top 0 of wines of Dry Creek Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fritz's Creekside Zinfandel.
Discover the grape variety: Clairette Rose
Lively, aromatic rosés and clarets with a pale salmon robe, an airy palate, and signature aromas of white flowers (hawthorn), citrus (grapefruit), light red fruits (strawberry, redcurrant) and Mediterranean notes. Occasionally contributing to traditional Provençal and Languedoc rosé blends, it is cultivated in small quantities in Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon. A pink-skinned mutation of Clairette, a historic southern French variety.
Informations about the Winery Fritz
The Winery Fritz is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Dry Creek Valley
Mythical terroir of Californian Zinfandel on pre-Prohibition old vines: intense, spicy reds with aromas of candied blackberry, black plum, pepper and leather, ample structure and melted tannins. Signature Sauvignon Blanc as white king with herbaceous notes and bright citrus, dazzling acidity. Also Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Rhône grapes. Small Sonoma AVA (~9,000 ha, 70+ wineries), warm days and cool evenings ventilated from the coast, ideal ripeness-acidity balance.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
