Steele Shooting Star Zinfandel

All of the fruit is hand-harvested and quickly delivered to the winery. The grapes are de-stemmed and gently crushed to tanks for fermentation. Following fermentation, they press and rack the individual vineyard lots to American and Hungarian oak barrels for 8 months. Based on their stylistic approach to Shooting Star wines, this Zin is lighter and fruitier than their Old-Vine Steele Zinfandels. The winery used approximately 80% neutral barrels and 20% new barrels in order to capture as much of the aroma and flavor of the grape as possible.