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2002 Zinfandel Casanova Vineyard, Napa
Valley
SOLD OUT!
Gold Medal, 2005
Los Angeles County Fair
When our buddy Frank Casanova delivered his grapes in
2002 he surprised us by saying that this would be the last vintage for
Casanova zinfandel. And sure enough, he's already pulled the vineyard
and replanted it with cabernet sauvignon and merlot, which he plans to
produce under his own label and sell for an outrageous amount of
moolah....
In short, we have only a few vintages left before we
sell out entirely of this fabulous Zinfandel, so if you're a Casanova
Zin junkie, you better stock up now.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Casanova
Zin, it comes from this vineyard way the heck up in the hills on the
east side of Napa Valley. It seems like we gotta drive for two days to
get there, or something like that. The vines just kind of pop out of
this volcanic soil. It gets pretty warm up there. And the fruit gets
really ripe — what little of it there is.
But you know something about zinfandel grapes grown on
hillside and in high altitude vineyards, like our Casanova and Amador
County Zins? They can get nice, high sugars and still have that
essential lip-smacking acidity necessary to make great wines. Which is
why you can make a really ripe, high alcohol Zin that knocks you over
with flavor but isn't flabby.
Unfortunately, the famed 2000 Casanova Zin is sold out.
But we still have some of the claret-like 1999, the more intense 2001,
and the — sniff! — very last vintage, 2002.
So get it or forget it!
— Skippy, Chief Cellar Rat
2001
Zinfandel Casanova Vineyard, Napa Valley
SOLD OUT!
“... displaying complexity that would surprise many
who've not experienced Zinfandel of this style.” — Taste
California Travel
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“Who loves not woman,
wine, and song remains a fool his whole life long.” — Martin Luther
“A cask of wine works more
miracles than a church full of saints.” — Italian proverb
I heartily favor the use of wine and its sensible use as
a beverage as a help in the digestion of the evening meal. I have found
the use of wine in my own life one of great benefit. I truly believe
that if the American public were educated in the use of wine both as a
mild stimulant and as an aid to digestion, the national concern about
‘hard liquors’ would solve itself.” — Charles Wakefield Cadman,
American musician & composer (not related, as far as we know, to
the boss)
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