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1998 GALLERON AVES ZINFANDEL
NAPA VALLEY
The Vineyard:

Gary Galleron's passion for creating spectacular wines from a wide variety of fruit has led him to seek out the best grapes from the finest vineyards in the Napa Valley. The Aves Zinfandel vineyard is no exception. The thirty-year-old vines are located in the heart of the St. Helena appellation. Owners Russ and Leona Aves settled in the Napa Valley in 1968 and began farming the historic five acre parcel which was originally planted to Zinfandel in the late 1890's. For the past thirty years the Aves family has practiced a vineyard technique called "dry farming", where no artificial irrigation is used. It is entirely up to Mother Nature to provide everything the grapevines will need to thrive. The incredible result is low yield vines with high quality grapes that are literally bursting with intense fruit flavors and aromas.

The Wine:

Winemaker Gary Galleron carefully selected these prized grapes to create the only Zinfandel in his collection. The fruit was crushed and fermented at 88º in stainless steel vats and pressed out at dryness after seven days. The wine was immediately racked into French and American oak and aged for 20 months. Dark, rich, ripe and supple with a nose of blackberry and cassis, this wine infuses the palate with a sweeping wave of brambly berry, wild cherry and blueberry fruit, finishing with a velvet whisper of sweet vanilla oak.

What The Critics Say...

Reviewed in The Insiders Wine line - Volume 4, Number 4

"The 1998 Zinfandel, Aves Vineyard, Napa Valley has an exotic boquet of blackberry, bing cherry, raspberry, black pepper, coffee bean and a hint of licorice. The flavors of plums, berries, toast and spice are rich, complex and expansive followed by a fruity, lush finish. Rating: 90"

 

2000 Aves Zinfandel

Wine Profile
  • Composition:  100% Zinfandel
  • Vineyard:   Aves Vineyard
  • Appellation:   Napa Valley
  • Sub-Appellation:   St. Helena
  • Vintage:   1998
  • Wine pH:   3.65
  • Grape Sugar:   24.5º Brix
  • Time in Oak:   20 months
  • Type of Oak:   50% French & 50% American
  • Wine T.A.:   0.62 grams per 100 ml
  • Wine Alcohol:   14.2% by volume
  • 97 cases made
  • Price: $28.00 - SOLD OUT
Other Vintages:
2000
1999