Fetzer BARREL SELECT Zinfandel California

A soft, well-balanced Merlot with aromas of raspberry jam and hints of blackberry, mint, and toasty-vanilla. Rich flavours follow through on the palate of this soft, but nicely structured wine, ending in a long, velvety finish. (6 x 75 cl)

This full-flavoured red wine has bright cherry fruit aromas and hints of liquorice, tobacco and cedar with a lavish helping of sweet oak-spice. The flavours are rich with black cherry and cassis and complexities of anise, toffee, vanilla and toasty oak.

A delicate salmon-pink, medium wine has been made from a very short maceration of the Zinfandel grapes and a long, cool fermentation in stainless steel. Mainly from Mendocino and Lodi Counties (6 x 75 cl)

This wine is a blend of 62% Zinfandel and 38% Syrah. Here, the Zinfandel grapes used in this wine come from several key coastal Zinfandel regions, including San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and Mendocino counties. The Shiraz grapes come from key vineyards in California's Central Valley. This area has rich deep soils and lots of warm sunshine that is balanced by the cooling of the delta breeze that runs off the Sacramento River Delta into the San Francisco Bay. This dark and rich wine was fermented with 50% whole berries. The grapes received a three-day cold soaking period at about 50ºF with yeast was added on the fourth day and the fermentation warmed by natural fermentation heat. The wine was pressed at dryness and malolactic fermentation occurred in the tanks. The wines were aged on lees for 3 months before racking. This process took place in a stainless steel tank to preserve bright fruit aromas and flavours. The Zinfandel grapes add bright raspberry, and cranberry aromas accompanied by the ripe jam and spice. The Shiraz adds rich, leathery flavours, blueberry and the dark runby hues. (12 x 75 cl)

This classic, Claret-style Zinfandel, with the addition of 5% each of Petite Syrah and Carignan, comes from Mendocino, Amador and San Joaquin, where the variety typically develops a spicy, black-pepper character. Matured in mainly American oak barriques. (6 x 75 cl)

This deep purple wine has big, rich raspberry fruit and pepper aromas. The taste is classic Zinfandel (6 x 75 cl)

A great example of Zinfandel! Deep purple in colour and with a wonderfully rich, spicy palate. Sourced from Home Ranch, together with grapes from Blue Heron and Clock Springs vineyards. The wine spends eleven months in mainly two-year old American oak. (6 x 75 cl)

Coro Mendocino is a unique collaborative effort by Mendocino winemakers to create a class of ultra-premium wines that showcase the rich heritage and unique characteristics of Mendocino County. Coro means chorus in Italian and Spanish and is reflective of the spirit of this project... many voices singing the same song. This is the first time in U.S. history that winemakers from a region have set blending and aging parameters for a wine distinctive to the area. Zinfandel is the dominant varietal of Coro Mendocino, which also have at least one year in barrel and six months in bottle before release. Made entirely in Mendocino County and exclusively from Mendocino County fruit, these wines share a uniform bottle and label employing a special trademarked logo. What makes this wine stand out is that not only are the varietals named, but the methods of winemaking are regulated from the amount of alcohol to the final pH and TA. Only Mendocino fruit can be used and zinfandel must make up from 40 to 70 percent of the final wine as well as be the dominant percentage. The wine must be totally produced at a Mendocino County bonded winery. On the nose there are hints of Allspice, ripe berries and a floral quality reminiscent of violets. The blend assigns each varietal a role. The Zinfandel provides distinctive aromas, the Petite Sirah and Syrah offer texture and rich flavours, while the Grenache Noir sprinkles a wonderful array of aromatics. In the mouth there is a distinct licorice and anise character with blackberries and juicy, jammy ripe fruit evident. (6 x 75 cl)

Delicious ripe raspberry fruit, quite full-bodied but well balanced for drinking with or without food and bottled under stelvin to retain its youthful fruit. (12 x 75 cl)