A series of ridges and valleys, turned kitty-corner to the ocean by the crashing of the earth's crust over millenia, give Sonoma County its famous range of climate zones, soil types, and vineyard sites. All the forces of nature conspired here to make a perfect vineyard for any type of wine grape. The broad Pacific Ocean sends cooling breezes in and spawns fog banks that settle over the vines. Farther inland, broad alluvial plains fill the eastern portion of the county, where sun-loving varieties prosper best. Eroded volcanoes, upturned mountaintop seabeds, river rocks and silt provide the raw materials for vineyard soils that suit each vine to perfection.
Sonoma Heritage Vines Zinfandel delivers an abundance of black fruits and spice. More notes.
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