Dusi Vineyard
Zinfandel

Paso Robles

A close-up outdoor shot of a grapevine with dense green leaves and a gnarled brown trunk growing in a vineyard under a clear blue sky.

There is a warm, sustaining quality to the Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel, reflecting both the generous Paso Robles sunshine and the vineyard's traditional interplanting of Zinfandel, Cinsault, and Carignane. Planted by Dante Dusi in 1945, it is farmed by his family to this day. The vines are head-trained and dry-farmed in mostly alluvial soil with some very large rocks. Located on the west side of Paso Robles in the cool Templeton Gap sub-AVA, Dusi embodies the character of this distinctive region.

Technical Notes

AVA: Paso Robles
Sub-AVA: Templeton Gap
Soil: Alluvial
Planted: 1945
Varieties: Zinfandel (assorted inter-plantings of Cinsault and Carignane)
Viticulture: Head-trained, dry-farmed, hand harvested
Fermentation: Native yeast
Barrels: 80% used oak, 20% new; 80% French oak, 20% American
Elevage: 15 months in barrel, bottled unfined and unfiltered
First Turley Vintage: 2003
Serving Temperature: 55-65ºF

Dusi Vineyard
Zinfandel

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