Maitre de Chai Clement Hills Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard 2023 NO20231025 Released seasonally

Released seasonally

deserves the same respect

made with Cheval Blanc's customary obsession

and spice layered in perfect balance

and a whisper of spice

Maitre de Chai Clement Hills Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard 2023 NO20231025 Released seasonallyMarty Winters and Alex Pitts of Matre de Chai two ex chefs (Cyrus, Quince, French Laundry) turned single vineyard obsessives go to Lodi for this Zin. Stampede is an own rooted parcel up in the Clements Hills, planted in the 1920s on decomposed granite, farmed by the Perlegos family and overlooking, fittingly, the Clements Stampede rodeo. 2023 was a late ripening year that yielded unusually small berries, and the wine is correspondingly dense varietal