2018 Francis Ford Coppola Zinfandel Diamond collection
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Winery | Francis Ford Coppola Winery |
| Year | 2018 |
| Grape | Zinfandel |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (13.5%) |
| Drink window | 2021 - 2027 |
This red wine, which is made from the Zinfandel grape supplemented with 5% Syrah, has a nice sultry scent with lots of pepper, raspberries, cherry fruit, vanilla, nicely typified for this grape, very intense. A smooth start, delicious jam and some pepper, creamy and intense, lots of depth and power, ripe and tasty, a light spiciness, some supple tannins. Enjoy with pepper steak, lamb with rosemary, pasta with sauces based on dried tomatoes and great with the barbecue.
The Zinfandel is the very powerful grape and wine of California, its own wine pride, which we find almost nowhere else – only in the south of Italy, where it is known as 'Primitivo'. The Zinfandel gets a lot of concentration from old vines in Amador County in the south and some cooler vineyards in Paso Robles and Sonoma. The low rainfall in Paso Robles is ideal for the draft of this wine. A little bit of Petit Syrah has been added to give it some extra sweet fruit, some roundness and juice – a perfect combination. After fermentation, the wine is aged for fourteen months in barriques. American oak is often used for this, but for this Zinfandel a conscious choice has been made for exclusively French wood, to give it a subtle vanilla note, which goes well with the beautiful fruit aromas.
Francis Ford Coppola (Detroit, April 7, 1939) is an American director, film producer and screenwriter known for The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now and is considered one of the most important directors of Hollywood. In addition, Francis Ford Coppola has been active in viticulture and trade since the 1970s. In 1975, he and his wife bought the estate of Finnish sea captain Gustave Niebaum in Rutherford, California (located in the famed Napa Valley wine region) and surrounding vineyards. That winery is now called the Rubicon Estate Winery. In addition, Coppola also owns the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in the Sonoma Valley.
Winemaking is a longstanding tradition within the Coppola family. Francis Ford Coppola has been making wine longer than he has been directing movies. Grandfather Coppola used to make wine from grapes specially brought over from California in the cellars of their New York apartment. The wines Coppola makes today are no longer the same as from the New York cellars, but they are made with the same philosophy. Wines to drink with friends and family.
The parent company of the Francis Ford Coppola Winery was named USA Wine Producer of the Year by the International Wine & Spirit Competition on November 16, 2011.
Where wine used to be the exclusive property of winegrowers, it has now also become the playground of celebrities with a passion for wine. Director Francis Ford Coppola, with great films to his name as Apocalypse Now, is a true wine lover. For him, the decision to buy a wine company in the renowned Napa Valley wine region was a logical consequence of this passion for wine. Actually, in 1975, Coppola was looking for a home for the summer months, where he could make some wine in the basement like his grandparents once did. Wine making has been a tradition in the Coppola family for several generations. Agostino Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola's grandfather, made wine in the basement of his New York apartment building. He used cement barrels that he had built himself.
In his search, Francis Coppola came across Inglenook, a special estate in Rutherford, the part of Napa Valley where cabernet sauvignon thrives. The Napa wine company, which produces wines from its own vineyards, was named after its most famous wine, the Rubicon, so it is now known as Rubicon Estate, a producer of absolute top wines. The other wines were housed in Geyserville, Sonoma County, at the Rosso & Bianco Winery. Since 2006 the wines have been made under the name Diamond Collection and Rosso & Bianco, of course as real Coppola wines, with the same high quality requirements. The introduction of this new winery, with all modern techniques, has brought an extra step forward in the quality of the wines under the Francis Ford Coppola Diamond label. This label works with grapes from all over the California coastal strip, where they are purchased from growers with long-term contracts to ensure solid, reliable quality. There is constant consultation between winemakers and growers to arrange all the details of the vineyard management and to determine the exact time for picking. Unlike Hollywood stars, Francis Ford Coppola's wines are by no means superficial: they are powerful, perfectly balanced, have a long finish and are pleasantly smooth. In 2001, the Francis Ford Coppola winery was awarded “Winery of the Year” (Wine & Spirits).
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Winery | Francis Ford Coppola Winery |
| Grape | Zinfandel |
| Biological certified | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Year | 2018 |
| Drinking as of | 2021 |
| Drinking till | 2027 |
| Alcohol % | 13.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Tasting Profiles | Dark fruit, Dry, Fruity, Flexible |
| Drink moments | Barbecue, Borrelen, Met vrienden, Open haard, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
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