The ‘10 La Storia Zin was made as usual mostly from Trentadue’s Block 303 with the addition of fruit from Block 305, which is showing very well lately as the vines are maturing. Portions of the lots were co-fermented with small amounts of Petite Sirah for better color and additional blueberry aromas.
The wine is intensely flavored with predominant dark cherry, blueberry and even cranberry and less of the typical raisin aromas due to the cooler than usual season. The fine oak barrel aging brings in subtle aromas of vanilla, brown sugar, cinnamon and slight smokiness. The mouthfeel is bright due to the slightly higher than usual acidity but with very soft and elegant tannins that accentuate the wine’s long and juicy finish.
11 months in 33% new, mostly European oak barrels with few American oak barrels
15%
0.4%
3.82
0.67 g/100ml
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