Fresh huckleberry, blooming violet, cherry pit. Black licorice, overgrowth, red plum. Wet peppercorn and turned earth, bramble and botanical garden. Wild marionberry and fig muddle with chopped fennel, bark, and bitter cacao in a fresh and fearless attack. Assertive and untamed, projecting completely authentic and transparent varietal character. Picked for freshness in lieu of power. This 2017 Poor Ranch Vineyards Zinfandel by Sans Wine Company is a brilliantly crafted and intellectual Zin from Mendocino County.

Zinfandel can take on a variety of forms ranging from dense and extracted to lean and peppery. This wine, crafted by Sans Wine Company using fruit from the Easter Block at Poor Ranch Vineyards in Mendocino County, is as pure and natural of a Zinfandel as you will find on this planet. It is serious and structured without an ounce of fat or over extraction. Picked from dry farmed vines planted in 1996 and certified organic, this stuff was aged only in stainless steel and has never touched oak allowing it to retain every last morsel of its wonderfully feral fruit profile. Don't shy away because of the can - this wine is everything you've been looking for in California Zinfandel. Sans Wine Co. continues to impress with their unconventional and original take on craft canned wine.