Mendocino County
Price: $42
Carignane is a red varietal that was widely planted in California during the late 1800’s though the mid- 1900’s, mostly by Italian immigrants, and some of the old vineyards are still producing. Ours comes from a vineyard planted in 1939, and yields a wine that is remarkably rich and generous, yet supple and silky. There is a unique fruit profile of black currants, plums and spice.
Russian River Valley
Price: $48
Shows rosemary, black and green olives, pepper and smoky bacon on the nose, followed by firm structure on the palate and a long finish. Co-fermented with about 4% Viognier, which rounds out the mouth feel and adds an extra dimension to aromatics. A dramatic wine coming from a very steep hillside vineyard growing in one of the cooler parts of Sonoma County.
*Magnums available (see online store)
Sonoma County
Price: $48
A classic example of Sonoma County Zinfandel. Aromatically, it has the explosive cherries and berries, and on the palate it is rich and textured on the finish. Produced from hillside grown vines and blended with 5% Carignane and for texture and overall harmony.
All grape sorting is done in vineyard, using handmade sorting tables that fit right into standard harvest bins.
An elevated destemmer allows for gravity feeding and gravity filling of wine tanks, for gentile handling.
Daily tasting of fermenting wine guides punch down and temperature control choices.
All puchdowns are done by hand. In this case, it is the next generation who is often called upon.
All of our wines are made in French oak barrels using sustainably-harvested wood.
Retrospective tastings have shown the unwavering style of Porter Creek wines over the years.
Building soil health by building up organic matter and encouraging microbial life.