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It is at once the nation’s heritage grape—a survivor of the Gold Rush era—and its most misunderstood varietal. For decades, the market was dominated by monolithic, high-octane bottlings, often jammy and over-extracted, designed to appeal to a palate that equated
While its genetic roots trace back to the ancient Croatian variety Crljenak Kaštelanski and the Italian Primitivo, Zinfandel’s identity, character, and legacy have been forged entirely on American soil. It is a grape that mirrors the American story itself—one of
