Trespass Bits & Pieces

Perhaps the most playful yet of Donny’s inventions. Sitting together at the blending table one late afternoon (becoming early evening), Donny looked long at the wines and muttered something I didn’t think that I heard correctly, “What if we try Zinfandel with Petit Verdot?” I was amazed at the adventure and vinous daring of what I had just heard. I had certainly never tried this mélange before. Donny’s idea, the “Bits and Pieces” from the cellar, went off like fireworks in my head. We had to try it. The result was something of a surprise from another dimension and I hope you enjoy this wine as much as I do. Showy fruit from 66% Zinfandel captures in the front of the pallet. It’s brooding with ripe red fruit. The Petit Verdot varietal comes in with it’s more stern structure and black fruit and topped with violet and tar aromatics. Overall the mouthfeel is plush with the details one would expect from the two varietals. The color is amazing, the phenolics are generous and I am eager to watch this wine age over the course of the next 5 and 10 years. Will it curve to be more of a Zin or will the Petit Verdot remain heroic, as in its nature, and be the driver as this wine meets the future? What’s in a name…you will enjoy the story on the back label!

• 66% Zinfandel
• 34% Petit Verdot