The 2023 growing season in Paso Robles was a winemaker’s dream, producing a vintage for the ages. All of the fruit for the Summit Creek Zinfandel was picked at night to ensure freshness and integrity. Each lot was cold soaked for up to 72 hours, then fermented in stainless steel over a period of 10 to 12 days. The free-run juice was captured separately to create the vast majority of the wine. After the different lots were aged for two months with 30 percent new French and American oak, winemakers James Schreiner and Skye Bruce assembled the final blend, whittling their selections down to nine lots from a total of 27. This blend was returned to oak and matured for an additional eight months prior to bottling. This relatively short aging period was designed to capture bright, fruity flavors that can be enjoyed in their youth.
The 2023 Summit Creek Zinfandel offers bright bramble fruit aromas with notes of vanilla spice and sweet hickory. The mouthfeel is soft, juicy and integrated, with plush flavors of strawberry, raspberry and black cherry. Supple textures, energetic acidity and notes of toasted oak linger on a perfectly rounded finish. The result is an immensely delicious Zinfandel that offers unchallenged value.
The 2023 Summit Creek Zinfandel offers bright bramble fruit aromas with notes of vanilla spice and sweet hickory. The mouthfeel is soft, juicy and integrated, with plush flavors of strawberry, raspberry and black cherry. Supple textures, energetic acidity and notes of toasted oak linger on a perfectly rounded finish. The result is an immensely delicious Zinfandel that offers unchallenged value.
