Tinto Amorio, Jajaja 2023

Producer: Tinto AmorioRegion: Mendocino, CAGrape Varieties: 95% Zinfandel, Viticulture: OrganicCategory: Red Wine, Chillable RedsSize: 750ml Founder Anish Patel endured a near-fatal car accident and decided to rethink his career path. While Patel at one point considered becoming a monk, half a year of introspection helped pushed him to take his talents to California, translating the learnings from his previous career into building a natural wine label in California. Seems like that was a good choice, because now the brand’s wines are a huge hit. Organic, dry-farm Zinfandel hand-picked in Mendocino. 50% the grapes were de-stemmed and 50% were left whole cluster for a 10-day semi-carbonic maceration in stainless steel. The organically farmed French Colombard, Gewürztraminer, Albariño were de-stemmed and co-fermented in stainless steel. The wine was sur lie aged in a mix of French oak barrels & stainless-steel tanks for 3 months before being racked off the lees, blending and bottling.