Oak Ridge Winery – Old Vines Zinfandel ‘Maggio’, Lodi – 2022
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Deep and rich, this wine shows a full and intense flavour of fleshy black cherry with mellow jam and chocolate overtones.
ABV:
14.5%
Vintage:
2022
Size:
75cl
Light Bodied
Full Bodied
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-Region
Lodi
Producer / Winery
Oak Ridge Winery
Grape Variety
- NA -
Style
Red Wine
Winemaker
Laura Chadwell
Closure
Screwcap
Other Classifications
Suitable for
Vegetarians
Suitable for
Vegans
Contains
Egg
Contains
Milk
Contains
Sulphites
No
Sulphites
Organic
Wine
Biodynamic
Wine
PRODUCER NOTE:
For five generations the Maggio family has been growing wine grapes in Lodi, and providing elite California winemakers with superb fruit to make their wines. In 2002, the family turned their own hand to winemaking, using the same estate grown fruit that they had sold for so many years. Now they proudly put their name on bottles that reflect their long and uncompromising commitments to sustainable agriculture and winemaking excellence.
VINTAGE:
The season got off to a slightly later start, with a delayed bud break across the region. Cool weather affected flowering, which contributed to a lighter crop for some varieties. Despite the lower yields, the 2022 vintage has produced excellent quality fruit, showing great freshness and vibrancy with good flavours at lower sugar levels.
VINEYARD:
The grapes come from 500 acres of estate vineyards throughout the Lodi American Viticultural Area, which are situated between the Sierra Nevada foothills and the San Francisco Bay. The area’s Mediterranean climate of warm days with coastal evening breezes is ideal for the cultivation of world-class wine grapes. The vines, some of which are over 100 years old, are gnarled and sculpted by time, yielding small amounts of intensely flavoured fruit to create wines that are the ultimate expression of their terroir.
WINEMAKING:
The Old Zinfandel grapes were picked at 25 to 26° Brix, for optimum ripeness, acidity levels and quality. The grapes were cool fermented at 18 to 23°C, in order to slowly extract the colour and tannins, while retaining the fresh fruit characters. Once fermented through to dryness, the grapes were pressed off their skins and allowed to settle prior to racking. The wine then went through malolactic conversion, giving the wine a smooth mouthfeel and softening the finish. Once complete, a proportion of the wine was matured in various oak treatments for between six months, until it reached the desired profile of oak complexity, while the remainder was stored in stainless steel. 60% of the oak component used was medium to heavy toast American oak and 40% of the oak was medium toast French oak.
TASTING NOTE:
This traditional Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel is deep and rich, showing ripe black fruit flavours with subtle jam and chocolate overtones, typical of these family grown vineyards. Gentle on the palate with a subtle, smoky finish.
GRAPE:
Zinfandel 85%, Petite Sirah 15%.
COUNTRY:
USA
REGION:
California
SUB-REGION:
Lodi
PLEASE NOTE: The technical information on this wine is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. This information and bottle images may be subject to change according to vintage.