Beran Napa Valley Zinfandel 2012

Aromas of black cherry, sweet pipe tobacco, and dark chocolate with hints of black pepper spice and cedar. Rich and mouth-filling palate with ripe flavors of cherry and dark chocolate with coffee, coconut, and a slight dustiness of fine-grained tannins on the persistent finish. Acidity and tannin are in perfect balance with fine-grained tannins, richness and weight, and great persistence with a slight dustiness on the finish.

Vinted and bottled by Beran & Steorra Wines (AKA Cooper Cane Wines & Provisions). For Beran (pronounced 'baron'), Cooper Cane rely on new vineyards along with old-vine plantings. They are honored to work with some of the most world renowned multi-generation zin growers in Sonoma County, Napa Valley, Mendocino County, the desolate Sierra foothills of Amador County, and other notable zin regions. For instance, the Saini family has been growing Zinfandel in the Dry Creek Valley since 1917, and the Foppianos have been Sonoma County growers since 1896. On the new side is the dramatic