The 2022 Geyserville is a blend of 67% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah and 3% Mataro. It has kaleidoscopic aromas of boysenberry jam, grilled beef, dried lavender, iron, violet and peach. The medium-bodied palate features generous, floral flavors. It has a silky texture, bursts of mouthwatering acidity and a long, spicy finish. The 2022 is notably polished, and its 20% new American oak is very well integrated.

A blend of 67% Zinfandel, 20% Carignan, 10% Petite Sirah and 3% Mataro. Smells of blueberry and blackberry fruits. Wonderfully bright acidity makes flavours of blueberry, blackberry and boysenberry bright and bouncy, followed by a kumquat-citric bitterness that puckers the cheeks even as darker, dustier notes evolve on the palate. The finish has the telltale whisper of coconutty American oak kissed with a little vanilla. Lightly powdery tannins. Tasty. GV (AY)

67% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah and 3% Mataro. Winemaker John Olney thinks the Carignane portion distinguishes this popular wine. More clay than Lytton Springs. Official notes: ‘Low rainfall limited yields. A warm summer proceeded to ripen the grapes evenly. However, on Labour Day, a record-breaking heatwave threatened the Zinfandel with rapid overripening. We picked day and night to bring the grapes in ideally ripe. Fourteen months in barrel has fully integrated the fruit and tannin of this fine wine. Approachable now, it will continue to develop for 12 to 15 years. Hand-picked 22 August to 14 September. Average Brix 24.5. TA 6.73 g/l. pH 3.5. Full crush, 100% floating cap. Natural primary and natural secondary (malolactic) fermentations; daily pump-overs. Aged 16 months in 100% air-dried American oak barrels: 65% Appalachian, 20% Kentucky and 12% Ozark (28% new, 24% one year old, 25% two years old, and 23% three plus years old). Grapes destemmed and crushed; fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic on the naturally-occurring bacteria; oak from barrel aging; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 139 ppm over the course of aging); pad filtered at bottling. Organic’. Slightly paler crimson than the Pagani Ranch. Still quite youthful on the very savoury nose with fine tannins and notable acidity. Berry flavours but none of Zin's jamminess. A long-term wine, currently less approachable than Pagani Ranch 2022. Chalky-textured finish. (JR)