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Mastro Scheidt 2020 'Covert Cuvee' Rickards Vineyard Zinfandel

Mastro Scheidt 2020 'Covert Cuvee' Rickards Vineyard Zinfandel

First ever Zin...
For Your Eyes Only!
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acidity
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First ever Zin...
For Your Eyes Only!

Mission Codename Covertly yours

We’ve been waiting for this one - not only is it the first Zinfandel we’ve had in a while, but it’s also the first-ever wine collaboration. And it’s KICK ASS delicious stuff! We’re fanatical about our Zin and beyond thrilled to put this in front of you.

You won’t ever find this anywhere else. It’s just plain ol’ tasty juice, a face-first splash mountain dive into a pool of jubilant fruity American Zinfandelly goodness.

Oh, and the price? At HALF OFF Naturally.

Last Fall we visited our good friend David Scheidt up at J Rickards Winery in Alexander Valley, where he makes his wines. We tasted through a lot of barrel samples, but this was the CHOSEN ONE. He had only 4 barrels to spare, although we begged for more. Well, he said, “it’s what the insanely low yields from some of the oldest vines around can give!” We succumbed. Thus, here we are with our first-ever co-branded single-vineyard “Covert Cuvee!”

Made exclusively for lucky Wine Spies Operatives like YOU.

This comes from J. Rickards’ old vine Ranch, planted in the early 1900s. It’s dark, expansive, and frontloaded with deep, vibrant fruit flavor. Purply black in the glass, it dishes out baskets full of raspberries, spiced black plums, jammy blackberries, and briary wild boysenberry. A dusting of cracked black pepper and sweet exotic spices, too. Not at all hot, it clocks in at a modest 14% and just flat out delivers pleasure with every sip. It’s the only BBQ sauce you’ll need on a low and slow dry-rubbed feast.

Winemaker David Scheidt is a true tour de force - a fantastic chef (he’s got a heap of KILLER-looking recipes for pairing ideas on his blog), talented winemaker, and meme maker extraordinaire (check his Instagram). But mostly we just love his wines and if you bought any of them in the past, you probably do too. If you haven’t discovered them yet, this is the perfect one to…

Will go fast! Make it YOURS… while you can.

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Tasting Profile Raspberry, black plum, jammy blackberry, exotic spices

dryness
acidity
tannin
body
fruit
Look

Purply black in the glass, it radiates a brilliant ruby circumference

Smell

Raspberries, black plums, jammy blackberries, and briary wild boysenberry

Taste

Dark, intense, retains enough jolly bright fruit to keep it from going over the top

Finish

A dusting of cracked black pepper and sweet exotic spices wrap it all up

Pairing

It’s the only BBQ sauce you’ll need on a low and slow dry-rubbed feast

What the Winery Says 2020 'Covert Cuvee' Rickards Vineyard Zinfandel

Mastro Scheidt
Mastro Scheidt
Winemaker
David Scheidt
Variety
100% Zinfandel
Vintage
2018
Alcohol
14.9%
Appellation
Alexander Valley, Sonoma County
Vineyard
Rickards Vineyard
Total acidity
5.8 g/L
pH
3.7
Aging
12 months
Barrels
25% new French oak (by Taransaud & Fouquet)
Production
4 barrels

About the Winery Mastro Scheidt

Mastro Scheidt Winemaker David Scheidt
Mastro Scheidt Winemaker David Scheidt
Mastro Scheidt 2020 'Covert Cuvee' Rickards Vineyard Zinfandel 750ml Wine Bottle
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