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2007 Carol Shelton "Wild Thing" Cox Vineyard Mendocino County Zinfandel
One 750ml bottle
"Wild Thing" is named for its attitude, and the uninoculated or “wild,” yeast ferment used to create it. It takes a whip and a chair to tame its wild fruit, but it is worth the trouble. As Carol's husband likes to say, “It has all the right curves in all the right places.”
Black raspberry fruit, vibrant and alive in both nose and mouth, nice oaky-smokiness, hit of black pepper. Smoothly textured in mouth and the finish is long and lushly jammy fruit -- dangerously good!
Black raspberry, oak, smoke, black pepper, jam
- Appellation:
- United States | California | Mendocino County
- Delicious with:
- Rack of lamb, eggplant caponata, Manchego.
- Cases Produced:
- 1073
- Alcohol Content:
- 14.9%
- When to Drink:
- Now - 2017
- Featured in:
- A Taste Adventure ... Tour of Mendocino
Winemaker Notes
Cooperage.........19 months in 40% new American oak, 60% older American, French & Hungarian oak
Brix at Harvest.........25.9 degrees
pH.........3.71
TA.........0.61 g/100ml
About Carol Shelton Wines
Carol Shelton is widely cited as the most awarded winemaker in the United States. She has won countless medals for her wines and has been honored as Winemaker of the Year numerous times. She continues to win accolades for premium Zinfandels under her own brand, Carol Shelton Wines. Read More
