Cinsault
Dry Creek Valley, Certified Organic
2006, Sold Out

Cinsault used to be my mystery grape. When we bought the old Bell Ranch, named after one of the
Dry Creek Valley pioneer families, we found amongst the prune trees a small patch of old-time Zinfandel surrounding a few hundred vines of
a different type. Queries to the local growers returned the misnomer “Malvasia”, the grapes didn’t serve our interest at that time in
deeply colored and dramatically flavored wines (subtlety came later), we figured it was a grafting mistake, and wrote it off as a block to be
replanted.

Some years later we had our “eureka moment” while researching Rhone varities. We learned that our “Malvasia” was actually Malvoisie,
and established southern Rhone Valley grape better known as Cinsault. Its description fit our
recollection of the soft, juicy, lightly earth wine with a rich palate that we had made with the mystery grape some years earlier. Subtlety
had since entered our wine lexicon, we decided to replant it, and this time called it Cinsault.

Technical Data
Varietal: Cinsault
Vintage: 2006
Estate Grapes: 100%
Year Planted: 1990
Soil: Gravelly Benchland
Alcohol By Volume: 13.8%
Release Date: 04/14/2008
Total Cases: 361
CA Retail: $28.00

Aging Potential
3-5 years from release

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