Las Jaras Wines, Zinfandel, "Slipper Sippers," California 2025

A Nouveau is born! Nouveau is the name given to the first wine of the vintage. The style originated out of Beaujolais, just south of Burgundy where they make wines from Gamay Noir using the technique carbonic maceration. In carbonic maceration, open top tanks that have been inertized with carbon dioxide are filled with whole cluster grapes and then sealed for a number of days. Pioneering wine chemist and natural winemaker Jules Chauvet employed the technique in the mid 20th century to make light, fruit, and delicious wines. This is essentially how we made this wine!

44% Zinfandel | 33% Carignan | 16% Petite Sirah | 7% Vermentino All of the grapes used for this blend are farmed organically.

Harvest was very late this year and we were fortunate enough to have some wonderful grape sources in Lodi where grapes tend to ripen earlier. Cherryhouse was planted in the 40s, Leticia in the 40s, and the Gary Venturi vineyard was planted in the mid 50s. The Vermentino is a recent planting and we love it in the blend.