{"product_id":"haarmeyer-calaveras-zinfandel-2021","title":"Haarmeyer Calaveras Zinfandel 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rorick Heritage Vineyard is one of the most fascinating sites in California. Originally surveyed during the Gold Rush — copies of that survey are still stored on the property today — the prospectors found no gold, but they did find something arguably more valuable: limestone outcroppings jutting up from the valley floor, surrounded by decomposed schist on the hillsides. The vineyard was first planted to Cabernet and Chardonnay, including own-rooted blocks of Wente-clone Chardonnay. About twenty years ago, the surrounding hillsides were planted with Zinfandel, Syrah, Viognier, and other sun-loving Rhône varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaarmeyer’s approach here is what he calls ‘partial-carbonic’: whole clusters are poured into open-top one-ton fermenters, the lid goes on, and nature takes its course. Early on the cap is worked by hand; once fermentation gets going, it’s foot-trodden. The wine is pressed at around 0 Brix into neutral 500L oval puncheons and remains sur lie until bottling — unfined and unfiltered — in March.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rorick Heritage, Calaveras County | \u003cstrong\u003eFarming:\u003c\/strong\u003e Own-rooted, limestone soils | \u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Partial-carbonic, foot-trodden | \u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLY Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63746521366905,"sku":null,"price":22.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/9204\/7737\/files\/f4313bbd-buy-Haarmeyer-wine-online-HWC_logo_black_lrgsquaresquare.jpg?v=1781213494","url":"https:\/\/allywines.com\/products\/haarmeyer-calaveras-zinfandel-2021","provider":"ALLY Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}