1990 Edmunds St. John Brandlin Ranch Zinfandel, Mount Veeder, USA Aldo Conterno The southeast-facing slope basks in

The southeast-facing slope basks in the morning sun

the grapes come from Matta Bella in Southold

5 day maceration

no added sulfur

GROSSE LAGEWine-making: Fermented and matured in a mixture of stainless steel vats and neutral 10+-year-old 1200L German stückfass from Hösch

1990 Edmunds St. John Brandlin Ranch Zinfandel, Mount Veeder, USA Aldo Conterno The southeast-facing slope basks inA library release direct from Steve Edmunds winery. Brandlin Ranch on Mt. Veeder is history in a bottle. Brandlin Ranch was Steves first source for his then white whale Mataro. In his pursuit of the grape, he found this dry farmed, head pruned site that had been planted in the 1920s. Richard and Chester Brandlin had been raised on this land with their father having tended it since Prohibition. Off a handshake deal, Steve began making wine from the