Elyse Rutherford Zinfandel Morisoli Vineyard 2015 042326OFFER Anthocyanes are the pigment compounds

Anthocyanes are the pigment compounds that make red grapes red — which tells you exactly how Pascal Doquet thinks about rosé

silky-textured

This is a nice step up from the Selection Belles Annees and definitely the next one to try in the Gimonnet collection

then ten months resting on its lees with a quarter of those skins still in the barrel

The production is stubbornly traditional: 100% estate-grown blue agave

Elyse Rutherford Zinfandel Morisoli Vineyard 2015 042326OFFER Anthocyanes are the pigment compoundsFrom one of Napa's most storied old vine vineyardsplanted in the 1880s on the Rutherford Bench and surrounded by legendary neighborsthis Zinfandel captures the historic Morisoli site's concentrated, expressive character. The 2015 blend, 87% Zinfandel with smaller portions of Alicante Bouschet, Carignane, and other field varieties, delivers brown sugar and baked blackberry aromatics alongside plum, with acidity woven through for balance and contrast.