2021 Limerick Lane Zinfandel Russian River Valley

Winemakers Notes: This wine is a blend of estate-grown fruit and a handful of old vine sites from around the region. This wine is bottled every August before harvest to make room for the new vintage. If you have seen our winery, you know how tiny it is! While I enjoy expressing terroir via vineyard-designated wines, there is something about the art of the blend that makes for a truly unique and complete wine. For example, I may bump up the Banfield percentage if the wine needs more natural acidity. If it needs some weight on the mid-palate, in goes some Maffei. If it needs a little more structure, I reach for some Limerick estate wine to add to the blend. The resulting wine is intentional, balanced, and nuanced and encapsulates what I believe to be the essence of Russian River Valley Zinfandel.

Limerick Lane lies where four unique appellations come together, on a 53-acre estate just inside the northeast corner of Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley. In an appellation that’s renowned for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, we grow and produce world-class Zinfandel and Rhone Varietals. We sit at an exact point where soil, water levels, rocks, sunshine, wind and fog meet. On top of, underneath, and in the midst of these earthly factors sit grapevines perfectly evolved in their composition to thrive in this exact environment. Without any one of these individual factors, these wines wouldn’t exist.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


Vinous - "The 2021 Zinfandel (Russian River Valley) is an absolute delight. Bright and intensely floral, 2021 is packed with varietal character. Crushed red berry fruit, white flowers, and mint all race out of the glass in this refreshing, juicy Zinfandel from Limerick Lane. This is an absolute winner."