1000 Stories 'Bourbon Barrel-Aged' Zinfandel Red Wine California, Bold & Smoky 75cl

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In signature 1000 Stories fashion, this batch was aged in traditional French and American oak, with a portion finished in charred bourbon barrels before the final blend was assembled. Winemaker Bob Blue Regional Information Individual lots for this intriguing wine started with the dryfarmed, headtrained Zinfandel vines from Mendocino County, Lodi and Paso Robles Vineyards. Although individual vintage reports are still being written, some key vintages of the past 40 years have region-specific reports.

This wine, aged in Bourbon Barrels has attractive smoky notes to the nose and palate with lasting impressions of richly flavoured vanilla, dried herbs and a hint of caramel. The fruit from the Dry Creek vineyards then provides flavors of complex black fruits and distinct black pepper spice. Some say that it is a perfect standalone red wine that is beautifully made with red and black fruits. It may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without Ocado Limited's prior consent, nor without due acknowledgement.

It starts with a complex bouquet of black currant, cedar and ripe black cherry and continues on the palate with ripeness and concentration, without a lot of tannin.

A useful resource for hunting down that rare bottle or a birthday-year wine for a loved one’s special day. In addition, Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel (5%) rounds out the batch with its complexity black fruits and a distinct black pepper. History - Years ago, when I was just starting out as a winemaker, it was almost unheard of to get French oak wine barrels and American oak barrels, were for whisky, not wine. If you give it some air in the glass by swirling, this red wine reveals a high viscosity, which is evident in strong church windows at the edge of the glass. We live in an era of instant, instant gratification, stories upon stories are told, we binge watch television series, gimme a selfie, Candy Crush, duck lips, a Kardashian butt shot, and break the internet – along with your attention span.The wine marries Mendocino’s historic old-vine Zinfandel sites with vineyards in Paso Robles, Lodi and Amador County. Bob Blue, England, Hopland, it was almost unheard of to get French oak wine barrels and American oak barrels were for whiskey, Mendocino County, not wine. Two months of bourbon barrel aging lends vanilla and whiskey accents in the glass, culminating in a warm caramel finish. Vinification Details: Individual lots for this intriguing wine began the ageing process in traditional American and French oak barrels before being introduced to new Bourbon barrels.

The finale of this red wine from the wine-growing region of California, which is capable of aging well, finally impresses with considerable reverberation. The bourbon barrels in this batch gave the wine a subtle smoky character, enveloped in a warm, vanilla-rich finish. Baked fig, black currant, cinnamon and clove bound from the glass in a mosaic of aromas, segueing to a silken and spiced palate of blueberry compote, toffee and pipe tobacco. Stories Zinfandel red wine boasts a dazzling blend of exotic spice, creamy vanilla, crushed rock and roasted caramel with a richly deep and persistent body. Regional Information: Individual lots for this intriguing wine started with the dry-farmed, head-trained Zinfandel vines from Mendocino County, Lodi and Paso Robles Vineyards.Also in the batch are Zinfandels from Lodi (17%) and Colusa County (8%) adding more red fruit and liveliness to the flavor profile. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. But we still needed barrels to age our wine, OX33 1ER, Oxfordshire, so the inspiration for 1000 Stories is a nod to the way things were.

Hedonistic, juicy Zinfandel from Lodi (14%) brings round tannins and opulent notes of dark fruit to the 2015 1000 Stories Zinfandel. Select parcels of Zinfandel were sourced from Mendocino County, some of which came from vineyards with family histories dating back to the 1880’s. Subdue the mass population by giving them bread to eat, satisify a persons immediate need for nourishment and then distract them by entertaining them with unbelievable and ridiculous forms of entertainment like deadly chariot races and even deadlier gladiator matches. Today, American and French oak wine barrels are common place, so the inspiration for 1000 Stories is a nod to the way things were. A portion of the wine is aged in French and American oak for 6 months and then aged further in bourbon.Aging in older bourbon barrels for two months gave this batch its signature whiskey-oak notes of char, dried herbs and vanilla.