Expert Review

Crafted a portion of this wine using a French technique called saignée (sen-yay), which gives the wine its appealing pastel color and bright berry fruit flavors. Saignée means “to bleed,” and we bled off colors, aromas, and flavors from the skins of the lightly crushed red grapes without extracting dark color or tannins. The free-run juice was then cold-fermented to highlight the fresh fruit personality. The White Zinfandel’s fresh, lively character is best enjoyed within a year or two of the vintage.