Carol Shelton Wild Thing Old Vine Zinfandel 2012
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Product Details
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Vintage
2012
Size
750ML
ABV
14.5%
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Wild Thing is so named because the grapes are fermented with naturally occurring wild yeasts native to the vineyard that produces the wine. And the vineyard is special, too: Just north of Ukiah in Mendocino, it was planted in 1956, and today the vines are still going strong. Rocky soils and a rigorously parsimonious irrigation regime help these vines to produce bright, juicy wines rich with baked cherry and blackberry flavors overlaid with cinnamon, clove and licorice.
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Not overly full-bodied, not overly ripe, not overly wild, but just right for dinner time. It's well balanced, velvet textured and multilayered. Brambly, bright raspberry and blackberry flavors fill the mouth, supported by smooth tannins and good acidity that keep it lively and appetizing through the long finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The Wild Thing, what a great name, when this one first came on the market, it was crazy and maybe just a bit too while. Now it is perfect or close to as perfect as it can be. Veteran winemaker Carol Shelton is one of the state's top performers. She knows what she is doing. This one shows bold berries that stay long on the palate; calls for grilled leg of lamb, with a zinfandel reduction sauce.
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Carol Shelton is widely cited as the most awarded winemaker in the United States. She has won countless medals for her wines and has been honored as Winemaker of the Year numerous times. After years of working with some of the industry's top winemakers and wineries, Carol continues to win awards and accolades for premium Zinfandels produced under her own brand, Carol Shelton Wines.
In 2000 Carol and her husband Mitch Mackenzie, a former software engineer, launched their own brand – Carol Shelton Wines. Faced with the opportunity to create her own identity and focus on whatever varietals she wanted, Carol chose Zinfandel.
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