Spanish for "the gold," El Dorado Vineyard sits not far from where the precious metal was first discovered in California. As the state's early pioneers coveted gold, Koerner Rombauer so prized the Zinfandel from this site, he could not resist when the chance to buy the vineyard arose in 2010.
The grapes were carefully destemmed and optically sorted to ensure only perfect fruit made it into the wine. A cold soak extracted color and flavor before primary fermentation began in tank. The wine was gently basket-pressed, then racked to oak barrels to finish primary fermentation, malolactic fermentation and aging.
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "One of the unheralded wines in the Rombauer lineup is the Zinfandel, which comes from the Sierra Foothills. The 2022 Zinfandel Twin Rivers combines briary-herbal nuances with sweeter overtones of vanilla and raspberry jam on the nose. Matured in 10% new American oak, with the balance of the wood coming from used Chardonnay barrels, it's full-bodied, soft, plush and almost cloud-like in the mouth, with a long, velvety yet mouthwatering finish."
The grapes were carefully destemmed and optically sorted to ensure only perfect fruit made it into the wine. A cold soak extracted color and flavor before primary fermentation began in tank. The wine was gently basket-pressed, then racked to oak barrels to finish primary fermentation, malolactic fermentation and aging.
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "One of the unheralded wines in the Rombauer lineup is the Zinfandel, which comes from the Sierra Foothills. The 2022 Zinfandel Twin Rivers combines briary-herbal nuances with sweeter overtones of vanilla and raspberry jam on the nose. Matured in 10% new American oak, with the balance of the wood coming from used Chardonnay barrels, it's full-bodied, soft, plush and almost cloud-like in the mouth, with a long, velvety yet mouthwatering finish."
