Jerome Prevost, Closerie Fac Simile Rose other_regions_australia The 2017 Zinfandel Bedrock Vineyard

The 2017 Zinfandel Bedrock Vineyard comes from 129-year-old vines

A more complex nose reflects notes of a range of primarily red berry fruit

rounded tannin texture and layers of black fruits and herbal accents

giving the wines more precise structure

Made in what some might call a modern (i

Jerome Prevost, Closerie Fac Simile Rose other_regions_australia The 2017 Zinfandel Bedrock VineyardThe NV Extra Brut Ros Fac Simile (base 2022) is stellar. The addition of 10% still red Pinot in this warm, dry year really dials things up in a meaningful way. Kirsch, dried flowers, nutmeg, rose petal, mint and cinnamon soar out of the glass. The still red wine was especially deeply colored and potent in 2022, "more Bourgogne Rouge than the Gamay style we usually get here," Prvost adds. In 2022, the Fac Simile is positively stellar. I would be