Our Peter Mondavi Family St. Helena Zinfandel blances the candied fruit aroma, brown sugar and smoked meat flavors for an intense mouthfeel. Intergrated tannins and a smooth butterscotch finish make this an absolutely yummy wine. The 2008 growing season saw widespread frost damage and challenging summer conditions, which reduced yeilds andproduced a lighter than average vintage. A dry spring and a lengthy late April frost, the coldest in more than three decades,were followed by three odd heat waves before mid July, rain in some places, and high winds - all during the critical bloom period. As a result. grapes were smaller, but more concentrated. Despite a 'crazy' weather year, wines produced in this season were well-structured, elegant, and full of flavor.
