Martinelli Giuseppe & Luisa Zinfandel, Russian River Valley, USA 2023 Sangiovese layered fruit

layered fruit

Showing density and very fine but structured tannins

The result is typically one of the most classic

With vines of an average age of 50 years

which is a valuable resource for the quality of the wine it produces

Martinelli Giuseppe & Luisa Zinfandel, Russian River Valley, USA 2023 Sangiovese layered fruitGiuseppe and Luisa Martinelli planted three acres of Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley in the 1880s. The old vineyard is now known as Jackass Hill and remains the steepest non terraced hillside vineyard in Sonoma County. Nearly one century later Giuseppe and Luisas grandson, Lee Martinelli Sr., followed in their footsteps by planting a Zinfandel vineyard. He grafted bud wood from the centurion vines onto low vigor rootstocks and planted them one