Zepaltas Wines

This is the 5th vintage of our friendly-priced Sonoma Coast Pinot noir, and no doubt our best. It has the intensity & brightness of the 2007 and the depth and complexity of our 2005. It is a blend of the Suacci and La Cruz Vineyards, and this wine is a killer reflection of the Sonoma Coast Appellation. It is more elegant than its big brother, the Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have intensity. We achieved great flavor development at lower sugars in the vineyard thus producing a powerful wine at a lower alcohol level, and that is something that we have set out to do when we first started making wine.
This wine shows classic flavors of the Sonoma Coast: ripe raspberry, currant, cranberry along with layers of earthiness, underbrush and hints of exotic, Asian spices. 2009 will be a great year for aging Pinot Noir, but this wine is quite generous at the moment. Pair this up with Pinot-friendly classics such as a dry-rubbed pork tenderloin or a thinly-sliced, grilled flank steak.