From a well-known site in Sonoma, the 2017 Zinfandel Rossi Ranch offers ripe blackberry and cherry notes as well as complex ground herbs, underbrush, and earthiness. Medium to full-bodied, seamless, and flawlessly balanced, it has fine tannins as well as a great, great finish.

The 2017 Zinfandel Rossi Ranch comes from vines planted in 1910 and contains 6% Petite Sirah, Peloursin, Alicante Bouschet, Grand Noir and Tannat. Aged in 20% new French oak, it's medium to deep ruby-purple with a core of apricot, nectarine and peach with brown sugar, scorched earth, dried savory herbs, black cherry and baked blackberry with meaty and cocoa hints. Medium to full-bodied, it's intense and spicy with pleasantly chewy tannins and good freshness on the long finish. 276 cases produced.