
2017 A. Rafanelli Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley
Tasting Notes
Ruby red in color with setaceous accents, this Zin captures your palate with layers of vine ripened fruit, hints of spice with a touch of toasty oak. Distinctive and rich with a well-defined structure and graceful finish, this wine will continue to evolve both in your glass and in your cellar!
Harvest Notes
A record rainfall ended our drought and brought huge relief to both farmers and vines! Summer gave us above average temperatures but we saw a cooler and foggy August slow down the vines and extend hang time. Then on August 26th a long heat wave set in with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees for 12 days. This was a huge challenge for the thin skinned Zin grape and the rush was on to harvest as fast as we possibly could.
Harvest Dates
August 28th – September 9th
Barrel Aging
The wine is aged for eighteen months in new, one and two year old French oak barrels.
Blend
12% Petite Sirah
Bottling Date
March 2019
Release Date
May 2019
Case Production
6,500
Available only at the winery and in select restaurants

2016 A. Rafanelli Cabernet Sauvignon
Dry Creek Valley
Tasting Notes
A Cabernet big in character that shows off its youthfulness with preserved raspberry notes giving way to darker stone fruit that integrates perfectly with hints of sweet oak, rosemary and cloves. Balanced by approachable tannins with a bold and lingering finish this wine echoes endlessly on the palate.
Harvest Notes
This was another dry year for California jumpstarting an early harvest again. The little rainfall worried farmers about the vines ability to set a crop, however the odds were defied again and we had a good yield. Favorable summer weather allowed the grapes to fully ripen at their own pace. Small clusters and small berries gave us ample color and great concentration.
Harvest Dates
September 12th – October 4th
Barrel Aging
The wine is aged for twenty two months in new Traditional Chateau French oak barrels.
Blend
7.5% Merlot
Bottling Date
July 2018
Release Date
May 2019
Case Production
3,000
Available only at the winery and in select restaurants.

2014 A. Rafanelli Terrace Select
Dry Creek Valley
Tasting Notes
The best vines are hand selected each year from the terraced hillside vineyard just south of the winery. The sustainably farmed grapes are handpicked, carefully sorted, and then fermented for an extended period of time in a small open top tank with manual punch downs every four hours. After fermentation and a light press, the wine is placed in new French oak barrels for thirty six months. Unfined and unfiltered.
Strong yet restrained this wine hints at all its potential by engaging all your senses and giving off an unleashed energy. With ripe black fruit, sweet vanilla entwined with mineral and earth the strong yet polished tannins present a rounded wine that is seamlessly textured. From the first sip to the last sip this wine shows off an expression of mountain fruit that unwinds over time.
Harvest Dates
September 23rd
Blend
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Bottling Date
July 2016
Release Date
May 2019
Case Production
250
Available only at the winery!