Lorenzi EstateBarrel Select Zinfandel
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The Barrel Select Zinfandel of the Lorenzi Estate is in the top 0 of wines of California.
Details and technical informations about Lorenzi Estate's Barrel Select Zinfandel.
Discover the grape variety: Admirable
Table grape with long bunches and juicy, crunchy golden berries with firm flesh and a pleasant sweet taste. Very rarely vinified, yielding simple, fresh, low-aromatic whites if so. Listed in the official French Vine Variety Catalogue (list A1) for its heritage interest. French table grape variety from a Bicane × Chasselas cross, obtained around 1840 in Saumur by Dr Auguste Courtiller (Admirable de Courtiller).
Informations about the Lorenzi Estate
The Lorenzi Estate is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in the of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Ugni blanc
White grape variety of Italian origin, and the main white variety grown in France. Its large bunches give fine, light and lively wines, suitable for distillation: today it is the main variety for making cognac and armagnac. Ugni blanc, which is a little richer in alcohol when grown in Mediterranean regions, is used in the blending of the Provence and Corsica appellations, often in association with other grape varieties that bring aromas and structure, such as clairette, grenache blanc or sauvignon. Ugni blanc is also used, on a secondary basis, in the production of certain white wines in Gironde (AOC Bordeaux, Entre-deux-Mers, etc.).
