Elyse Morisoli Vineyard Zinfandel 2009

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Elyse Morisoli Vineyard Zinfandel 2009 Front Label
Elyse Morisoli Vineyard Zinfandel 2009 Front Label

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Vintage
2009

Size
750ML

ABV
14.6%

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Winemaker Notes

This wine's full and lush palate showcases flavors of raspberries, plums, and sweet spice, while the finish is punctuated by white pepper, bacon, smoky oak, and pomegranate. It exemplifies the best characteristics of this vineyard: deep violet color, gorgeous fruit, and a rare complexity.

This wine is extremely food-friendly. Try it with a peppered steak, osso buco, rich tomato dishes, or a selection of cheeses.

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    The pick of the latest Elyse crop by virtue of its well-managed ripeness and its incisive and keenly defined fruit, this deeply filled wine exhibits exceptional focus and length on the palate. Like its cellarmates, it is structured for keeping, yet, even though it has the strength and tannic solidity to grow and improve for a good many years, its nicely knit mix of sweet oak, soft spice and buoyant young fruit affords it just a little more immediate pleasure.
  • 90
    Decant this Zin for an hour or so to bring out its robust and spicy nature. The palate is complex with flavors of wild, briary summer blackberries, plums, cola, dark chocolate, black pepper and oak. Great with beef and tomato dishes.

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In 1983, Nancy and Ray arrived in California from Cape Cod to fulfill Ray’s dream of making wine and Nancy’s taste for adventure. After working harvest at Mt. Eden Winery in Saratoga, they moved to Napa Valley and became innkeepers for a bed &breakfast. Ray then spent formative time at Tonella Vineyard Management, where he gained philosophical perspective and practical knowledge working in the vineyards. Ray’s nine year tenure at Whitehall Lane Winery under the tutelage of Art Finkelstein first as a cellar worker and then as head winemaker honed his skills in the art of blending and was the inspiration for Ray’s winemaking style today.

In 1987, Ray & Nancy started Elyse Winery with 286 cases of Zinfandel from the Morisoli Vineyard, which is still a cornerstone vineyard source for the winery. After a decade of nomadic winemaking at various custom crush facilities, in 1997 they purchased a small winery and vineyard on Hoffman Lane, the home of Elyse Winery and tasting room.

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Undoubtedly proving its merit over and over, Napa Valley is a now a leading force in the world of prestigious red wine regions. Though Cabernet Sauvignon dominates Napa Valley, other red varieties certainly thrive here. Important but often overlooked include Merlot and other Bordeaux varieties well-regarded on their own as well as for their blending capacities. Very old vine Zinfandel represents an important historical stronghold for the region and Pinot noir is produced in the cooler southern parts, close to the San Pablo Bay.

Perfectly situated running north to south, the valley acts as a corridor, pulling cool, moist air up from the San Pablo Bay in the evenings during the hot days of the growing season, which leads to even and slow grape ripening. Furthermore the valley claims over 100 soil variations including layers of volcanic, gravel, sand and silt—a combination excellent for world-class red wine production.

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