{"id":4457,"date":"2019-03-15T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2021-07-07T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T20:54:24","slug":"zinfandel-americas-own-grape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/zinfandel-americas-own-grape\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinfandel: America\u2019s Own Grape"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Syrah\"<\/a>Zinfandel has been dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s own grape\u201d despite or perhaps on account of its obscure heritage and its immigrant status.\u00a0 Like the vast majority of Americans, Zinfandel\u2019s ancestry and roots hail from lands far away.\u00a0 Zinfandel\u2019s DNA points to Eastern Europe and the Primitivo grape variety whose origins lay in Croatia and more recently Italy, which may in part account for its popularity among the Italian immigrant population that began flocking to our shores, both east and west, in the late 19th<\/sup> and early 20th<\/sup> centuries.\u00a0 Finding favor in California among a welcoming immigrant tide in search of a grape capable of producing wine with both a body and a soul in a climate conducive to its production should come as no surprise.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Zinfandel produces a wine quite different in California from Primitivo and its Croatian and Italian forbearers, and nowhere is that more apparent and welcome than in Sonoma County \u2013 the spiritual home of Zinfandel.\u00a0 In Dry Creek Valley and along the banks of Sonoma County\u2019s Russian River, Zinfandel relishes the cooling Pacific breezes that funnel up the appellation\u2019s canyons and valleys as its fruit basks in the long dry summer afternoons, which not surprisingly bring the grape to the pinnacle of perfection.\u00a0 Amador County, Lodi and other California locales also call home to America\u2019s quintessential varietal where Zinfandel\u2019s deep rich colors, intense berry, bramble, and herb flavors, high alcohol, and lush tannins result in wines that fill the mouth and satisfy all of the senses, yet there is more to Zinfandel than strength and vigor.<\/p>\n

One of Zinfandel\u2019s keys to success is its extraordinary lifespan, which enables it to produce quality fruit well into old age.\u00a0 In fact, the oldest Zinfandel vineyards (many in California are in excess of 100 years of age) are the most prized.\u00a0 Another attribute of Zinfandel is its versatility.\u00a0 Zinfandel can take on the role of chameleon, equally capable of becoming a light pink quaffable wine such as White Zinfandel, or a deep, dark intense potion of incredible proportion, or something altogether different in the refined style of classic claret.<\/p>\n

As an immigrant to our shores, Zinfandel embodies the American experience.<\/p>\n

It is a grape that has transformed itself over the last century and a half and honed its own unique identity, an identity that is continually evolving and infinitely open to interpretation.\u00a0 In the eyes of its many admirers, Zinfandel has become a bigger, better, more complex grape since its arrival in America with \u201ca can do attitude\u201d and an identity all of its own.\u00a0 This year, why not take a tour of America and discover America\u2019s own grape.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Salud!
\nDon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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