Sandlands Lodi Zinfandel 2023 Style_Sour free-draining soils that resist phylloxera

free-draining soils that resist phylloxera

bloomy rind and a luxuriously creamy interior that becomes more silky and spreadable as it ripens

and connected to their terroir

the other stepping into the bright elegance of French Syrah

Sandlands Lodi Zinfandel 2023 Style_Sour free-draining soils that resist phylloxeraThe Land Most people dismiss Lodi as too hot for serious wine. The reality is more complicated. During summer heat waves, St. Helena in Napa and parts of northern Sonoma regularly run hotter than Lodi, and the Delta breeze sweeps the region each evening, cold Pacific air funneling east through the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta and dropping temperatures dramatically after dark. More telling is what the soils reveal. Kirschenmann Vineyard sits on the