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> 2004 Feeney Zinfandel
2004 Feeney Zinfandel
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Winemaker's Notes
"The aromas exhibit concentrated wild raspberry jam, black pepper, spice, toffee and briery fruit. Extremely concentrated flavors of raspberry, blackberry jam, chocolate and coffee overwhelm your palate. Great acidity and round chewy tannins help balance the particularly ripe fruit. Concentrated and complex, this wine will drink very well into the future."
Winemaker Bob Cabral
Awards and Reviews
2003 Feeney Zinfandel
96 points
My favorite 2003 Zinfandel is the Feeney Vineyard, an opaque purple-tinged effort offering an explosive bouquet of blackberries, currants, crushed rocks, underbrush, and incense. Deep, full-bodied, rich, and layered, with spectacular concentration as well as length, this 160-case blockbuster should drink well for 5-7 years.
The Wine Advocate, January 2006
2002 Feeney Zinfandel
95+ points
Saturated medium ruby. Crystallized black fruits, caramelized sugar and mission fig on the nose; smells like jellied fruit candy. Then almost painfully intense in the mouth, with very pure flavors of candied dark fruits. Finishes with explosive length. An extraordinarily primary zinfandel that needs, and should reward, seven or eight years of aging.
Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, May/June 2004
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Detailed Wine Information
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| Harvest Notes: | A hot spell in March followed by a warm spring influenced an unusually early bloom and budbreak. This precocious start, followed by a growing season of moderate temperatures, resulted in a very early harvest in 2004. Although we harvested the grapes two to three weeks earlier than normal, the long season provided ample time for the fruit to reach full maturity and develop extraordinary color and intense flavors A cooling trend in mid-September offered the Zinfandel additional hang time prior to their harvest. The vintage yielded wines of exceptional quality. |
| Special Designation: | Feeney Vineyard |
| Vineyard Notes: | The grapes for the Feeney Vineyard Zinfandel come from the old Piner Heights Vineyard in west Santa Rosa, California. These zinfandel vines are over 90 years old and yield less than two tons per acre. |
| Vintage Notes: | The Feeney Vineyard Zinfandel was aged in neutral Francois Freres French oak barrels for 16 months and then bottle aged for 5 months.
14.9% Alcohol, 0.65g/100ml TA, 3.44pH
Released Spring 2006 |
| Year: | 2004 |
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