Buehler Zinfandel

The grapes we choose for our 2014 Buehler Vineyards Napa Valley Zinfandel are a mix of those off our estate vineyards and grapes from other select Napa Valley high quality low-yielding vineyards. Dry-farmed for over 27 years our 4.5 acre estate block consists of mature forty-one year-old vines which typically give us around 2.5 tons/acre of beautiful hillside Zinfandel fruit. Interspersed among the head-trained vines are a handful of Petite Sirah vines representing perhaps 5% of the total vines in this block. A traditional field companion to Zinfandel in pre-prohibition California vineyards Petite Sirah contributes pepper color and tannin structure to the wine. The 2014 vintage will be fondly remembered for its classic proportions and near perfect ripening season that began with ideal flowering and fruit set and then was coaxed to ripeness by a steady stream of moderate sun drenched days and cool foggy nights. The harvest began a full seven to ten days earlier than the 2013 har