Herrmann York, Los Empleados, 2023, 750 ml

COUNTRY: USA

REGION: California

VARIETAL: Red and White Zinfandel

VINTAGE: 2023

FARMING: Organic

SOIL: The soils across the region are quite similar: predominantly decomposed granite from the San Gabriel (Lopez and Rock Farm) and San Bernardino (Snodgrass Vineyard) mountain ranges.

WINEMAKING: The majority of the fruit was pressed, then spontaneously fermented in old French oak. It was dry in about a month and was then racked and aged for 7 months in old French oak. One barrel of red wine was blended into the white Zinfandel after malolactic conversion was complete. This red wine was vinified 50% whole-cluster under a layer of destemmed fruit for about 10 days. It then aged for 7 months in an old French oak barrel before being blended. Thirty mg/l of sulfur were added to the blend after malolactic conversion was complete.

ABV: 12%