Zah Wine - 2018 Chenin Blanc - Lodi, CA with a 10% blend of

with a 10% blend of Brancellao

in the late nineties

This naturally fermented wine is aged in concrete in order to concentrate the flavors while imparting no oaky flavors

The lore is that one of the winemakers from long ago liked to frequently “sample” his wines while in a meadow by a stream which he used to keep his bottles cold

30% Touriga National and 20% Alicante Bouschet is a very traditional blend for the region

Zah Wine - 2018 Chenin Blanc - Lodi, CA with a 10% blend ofThe 9 most common grapes in California winemaking comprise 93% of the plantings in the state. Chenin Blanc is a classic white grape of the Loire Valley in France, as well as many other regions in the new world, that is a very small but promising part of the 7% solution. If California, which is about the same size as and mountainous like Italy, and which grows hundreds of grapes everywhere in the country, is to realize its full potential, it will have