2006BuckshotVineyardTheSquarePegZinfandel

Sans Many wine drinkers associateZinfandel with California, however DNA ‘fingerprintingâ€?has revealed that it is genetically linkedto the Croatian grape Crljenak Kastelanski and theItalian grape Primitivo. The vines are adaptive to awide range of soils and climates, being quite vigorous.Zinfandel produces large bunches of thin skinned fruit, which means thatbunch rot can be a problem. Zinfandel is also known for its uneven pattern of ripeningâ€?within each bunch there are likely to be berries which are at different stages ofbeing fully ripened. To overcome the problem, bunches are usually hand harvestedas fully ripened bunches and or undergo single berry selection.