2015 Reserve Zinfandel
Winemaker James Shumate personally selected the best three barrels of the 2015 Zinfandel from the estate vineyard, choosing to balance two new barrels with one neutral barrel. The resulting wine is exquisite.
Toasted oak, blueberries, blue plums, rich tannins.
This exquisite Zinfandel opens with toasted oak, blueberries and boysenberries. It has an enticing palate consisting of blue plums and mixed berry coulis, followed by a long elegant finish, with rich tannins.
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Varietal | Zinfandel |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Zinfandel |
| Appellation | Paso Robles |
| Vineyard | Pomar Junction Vineyard |
| Designation | Pomar Junction Vineyard |
| Acid | .349 G/L TA |
| PH | 3.49 |
| Aging | 22 Months in 66% New Oak |
| Residual Sugar | 0.40% |
| Alcohol | 16.40% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 06/08/2017 |
| Cases Produced | 124 |
Made entirely from hand-picked, estate-grown grapes from the hillsides of our vineyard with limestone shale rock soils. The cooling Templeton Gap breezes moderate summer temperatures and combine with our Linne Calado soils for ideal high quality wine grape growing conditions.
Jim Shumate, Winemaker
A native of Southern California, Jim's first wine job was working in the barrel room at Meridian Vineyards, where his budding career was greatly influenced by legendary winemaker Chuck Ortman. After several vintages with Meridian as Senior Lab Technician and Senior Barrel Technician, Jim moved on to become Cellar Master and Consulting Winemaker at Templeton Wine Services (where he first met Pomar Junction CEO, Dana Merrill). From 1999 to 2008, this full-service processing facility afforded Jim the opportunity to work with a wide range of varietals, styles and volumes – from small, high-end lots to several-thousand-case productions.
While making wine for Templeton Wine Services, Jim was also busy working toward a degree in Enology at Cal Poly University. His involvement at Cal Poly eventually led to an invitation to develop and manage the Cal Poly pilot winery which opened in 2008. As Cellar Master, Winemaker, and Lecturer for the new campus winery, Jim instructed students on procedural operations of all winery equipment, demonstration of lab analysis and interpretation of results. Additionally, Jim co-taught advanced enology classes, operated and repaired all winemaking equipment, and established a new bottling line for the campus winery. After several vintages of hands-on teaching from fruit to bottling, Jim took the position of Winemaker at Pomar Junction in July, 2011.
He lives in Paso Robles with his wife and children.
