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Latest News September 24th, 2010
AASK Harvest Crush Wine Benefit
 JC Cellars Winery 6:00pm-8:30pm $20 for select wine tastings, $40 for premium wine tastings & $75 for VIP tickets--For tickets you may call Liz at (510) 553-1748 x 11 or email contact@aask.org 21 or over Wine tasting, winery tour, hors d’oeuvres, raffle, silent auction and mystery wine sales. All proceeds go to Adopt A Special Kid to support their mission to find ‘forever’ homes for waiting children in foster care. |
Tasting Notes Archive
2003 Iron Hill Vineyard Zinfandel"Located at the foot of the Mayacamas Mountain range, Iron Hill Vineyard is adjacent to Arrowhead Mountain Vineyard. The area in which it's located used to be called Iron Hill due to the deposits of iron from the volcanic rock, producing a reddish soil. The iron rich, red volcanic soil is the unique feature to this vineyard's terroir. When the vineyard was planted, over 200 tons of volcanic rock had to be removed. This was made even more difficult by the fact that the vineyard is located on a 43-degree slope. As with Arrowhead Mountain Vineyard, everything is farmed by hand, with weeds pulled by backhoe. The soil is fed with dolomite, compost, bone meal, fishmeal, kelp, fish oil, and calcium. No sulphur is used in the vineyard. Every section is treated a little differently due to different soil composition within the vineyard." -Jeff Cohn Tasting Notes Down the street from Arrowhead Mountain, this is also another zinfandel that dreams of being in the Northern Rhône. Grown also in nonexistent soils and 45-50 degree slopes, this wine is more in the line of a blend of Hermitage and Cornas, but screaming to show off its zinfandel heritage. Black cherry, plums, cola and crème de frambois wrapped in a mineral and smoky spice blanket. It's pure decadence.
« Back to Index | Press | Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 94 points The same can be said of the 2007 Zinfandel Iron Hill Vineyard (99 cases). This offering exhibits a more floral character as opposed to blockbuster red and black fruits. James Laube Wine Spectator: 91 Points
Not for every taste, this is fairly Rhône-like, though it’s loaded
with personality. Offers the spicy, smoky meat aromas of an Italian
deli, with concentrated, ripe wild berry, blueberry and licorice
flavors that finish on a briary note. Drink now through 2012. 127 cases
made.
Robert M. Parker, Jr.’s The Wine Advocate: 89 points
Dark ruby/purple-tinged, medium-bodied…possesses peppery forest
floor, underbrush, and briery, cherry-like fruit characteristics. It
should be drunk over the next 3-4 years.
Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s The Wine Advocate: 94 points
This wine reveals an even more saturated ruby/purple color as well
as impressive levels of rich, briery, concentrated, sweet fruit
(raspberries, cherries, blueberries), plenty of pepper, a distinctive,
earthly terroir component, and a spicy, full-bodied finish with tart
acidity providing uplift. It is a classic, high octane, gorgeous
Zinfandel to drink over the next 5-6 years.
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