2022 Black Sears Estate Zinfandel Cab Franc Originally planted to blend with

Originally planted to blend with the Cabernet Sauvignon

400 feet on Howell Mountain

We literally built the winery on the backs of visitors who came for the Cabs and "didn't know a Zin could taste like this

planted in 1975 on ol’ St George rootstock atop an old apple orchard

Thomas Rivers Brown asked us to bottle it on its own in 2008

2022 Black Sears Estate Zinfandel Cab Franc Originally planted to blend withThe 2022 Estate Zinfandel comes from the same twelve acre, head trained, dry farmed block planted in 1975 old St. George rootstock, bud wood from the historic Hayne Vineyard in St. Helena, atop an old apple orchard at 2,400 feet on Howell Mountain. The most elevated Zinfandel site in the entire AVA. The 2022 growing season brought concentration and depth a wine that is unmistakably from this place, and unlike any Zinfandel you've tasted from anywhere