Maitre de Chai Clement Hills Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard 2023 BFCM23FLASH and subtle earth

and subtle earth

exclusively of the most noble of varieties

fleshy fruit -- plums

with a hint of vanilla bean and caramel pudding

Christelle Betton's "Elixir" cuvée proves that Marsanne

Maitre de Chai Clement Hills Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard 2023 BFCM23FLASH and subtle earthMarty 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