Chateau Potelle VGS Zinfandel

The History

Chateau Potelle was born when we moved from France in 1980, to be part of the California winemaking adventure. We wanted to be creative in making wine rather than being constrained by the years of traditions that existed in France. Our vision at Chateau Potelle is to produce wines with style and character that are representative of their birth place. Our job as winemaker is to respect and exploit the unique qualities of our “roots”…to craft wines with a sense of style and personality.

The grape

100% Zinfandel

Tasting note

The wines show power and balance, and this zinfandel is certainly no exception. It has an attractive and rich nose of fully ripe raspberries, blackberries, a little bit of plum and fig which evolves into complex flavors of spices like sage, vanilla, black pepper, and nutmeg. In the mouth the wine shows great weight with mild tannins. Even though it is fully ripe and loaded it does not make the wine heavy.

 

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