Dashe Cellars, Vineyard Select, Zinfandel, California 2021

Dashe Cellars Zinfandel Vineyard Select is a blend of a few of their favorite small-production vineyards in the Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County), Contra Costa county, and Clarksburg CA. This is a remarkably lush, drinkable Zinfandel that has been blended with a few “spice rack” varietals to add depth, spice and texture to the wine. They intentionally created this wine as a bistro wine, made to pair beautifully with a wide range of foods and flavors. Made primarily of Zinfandel, they also blended the wine with the varietals Teroldego and Petite Sirah, to create a juicy, rich, mouth-filling wine that shows round texture and a long, spicy finish.

Dashe Cellars is a family-owned artisan winery located in the heart of the Urban Wine Country in Oakland, CA.

Founded by the husband and wife winemaking team of Michael and Anne Dashe, Dashe Cellars crafted its first vintage of Dry Creek Zinfandel in 1996. Since that time, the Dashe’s have focused on producing exceptional, single-vineyard wines using a traditional, non-industrial approach to winemaking.

Early in their relationship, Mike and Anne dreamed of blending their passion for winemaking with their love of the San Francisco Bay Area. In a somewhat controversial decision at the time, they bypassed the bucolic scenes of lush vineyards for a warehouse in Jack London Square, then transformed it into a world-class facility. They simply believed that people shouldn’t have to travel to wine country to taste exceptional wines.

With that belief still top of mind, Mike and Anne are committed to creating wines that reflect the unique soil, climate, and regional characteristics of their vineyards. To attain these goals, Dashe Cellars uses traditional and “natural” winemaking techniques, including small-lot fermentation, the use of indigenous yeasts, and little-to-no fining or filtration.