2002 Zinfandel Casanova — Gold
Medal, 2005 Los
Angeles County Fair
When our buddy Frank Casanova delivered
his grapes in 2002 he surprised us by saying that this would be
the
last
vintage
for Casanova zinfandel. And sure enough, he's already pulled the
vineyard and replanted it with cabernet sauvignon and merlot, which
he plans to produce under his own label and sell for an outrageous
amount
of moolah....
In short, we have only a few vintages left before we sell out
entirely of this fabulous Zinfandel, so if you're a Casanova Zin
junkie,
you better stock up now.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Casanova Zin, it
comes from this vineyard way the heck up in the hills on the east
side of Napa Valley. It seems like we gotta drive for two days
to get there, or something like that. The vines just kind of pop
out
of this volcanic soil. It gets pretty warm up there. And the fruit
gets really ripe — what little of it there is.
But you know something about zinfandel grapes grown on hillside
and in high altitude vineyards, like our Casanova and Amador County
Zins? They can get nice, high sugars and still have
that essential lip-smacking acidity necessary to make great wines.
Which is why you can make a really ripe, high alcohol Zin that
knocks
you
over with flavor but isn't flabby.
Unfortunately, the famed 2000 Casanova Zin is sold out. But we
still have some of the claret-like 1999, the
more
intense
2001,
and the — sniff! — very last vintage, 2002.
So get it or forget it!
— Skippy, Chief Cellar Rat
2001 Zinfandel Casanova Vineyard, Napa Valley
“... displaying complexity that would surprise many who've
not experienced Zinfandel of this style.” — Taste
California Travel
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“Who
loves not woman, wine, and song remains a fool his whole life
long.”
— Martin
Luther
“A cask of wine works more miracles
than a church full of saints.”
— Italian proverb
I heartily favor the use of wine and its sensible use as a beverage
as a help in the digestion of the evening meal. I have found the
use of wine in my own life one of great benefit. I truly believe
that if the American public were educated in the use of wine both
as a mild stimulant and as an aid to digestion,
the national concern about ‘hard
liquors’ would solve itself.”
— Charles Wakefield Cadman,
American musician & composer (not
related, as far as we know, to the boss)
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