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Our 2005 and 2006 Zinfandel vintages received Silver Medals at this summer’s Orange County Fair International Wine Competition. We put these medals along side our Gold Medal we previously won for our 2007 Zinfandel at the last Sonoma County Harvest Fair. Wine Enthusiast Magazine published an 87 points score for this wine in their June issue this summer. This was the fourth highest score given to a Zinfandel all year. Dashe Cellar’s prized Todd Vineyards Zinfandel received 86 points in the same issue. In other tastings, such as Wine & Spirits Magazine, this same wine received 94 points and represents Dashe Cellar’s best.
We just finished bottling 1,956 cases of our 2009 Leonhardt Vineyards Estate Reserve. This exquisite wine is 85.2% Zinfandel and 14.8% Petite Syrah. Michael Dashe and his team believe this may be the best wine they have ever produced in their more than 20 years in the business. I participated in the blend tasting myself and can tell you I believe we are going to move up from Gold Medal to BEST IN CLASS with this wine at the next Harvest Fair competition. Additionally, we are still aging 3,000 gallons of the Watson Vineyard Old Vines Zinfandel to be bottled late. We also have a large quantity of un-bottled Petite Syrah, which we are considering bottling separately.
