Zinfandel Giuseppe & Luisa
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Barbecued pork ribs, grilled lamb chops, aged cheddar cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Giuseppe & Luisa Zinfandel is a deeply personal tribute to the founders of the Martinelli estate, Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini, who eloped from Tuscany in the late 19th century to establish a new life in the rugged terrain of Sonoma County. Planted by their grandson, Lee Martinelli Sr., this vineyard was established using heritage budwood from the family's historic Jackass Hill vineyard, ensuring a direct genetic link to the vines planted by Giuseppe and Luisa themselves. Situated in the Russian River Valley, the site benefits from warm days and cool, foggy nights, allowing the grapes to achieve optimal ripeness while retaining essential acidity. The wine is crafted using traditional, minimalist techniques, including fermentation with native yeasts and bottling unfined and unfiltered. The resulting Zinfandel is famously opulent, robust, and complex, showcasing intense dark fruit, warm baking spices, and a luxurious, velvety texture that reflects the family's multi-generational devotion to the land.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in the late 1880s by Italian immigrants Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini, Martinelli Winery is a celebrated multi-generational estate nestled in California's Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast. For over a century, the family has farmed historically significant, steep hillside sites, most famously the iconic Jackass Hill and Jackass Vineyard planted in 1887. Guided by an uncompromising dedication to estate viticulture and low-intervention winemaking, the winery captures the distinct microclimates and soils of Sonoma County. Martinelli is globally acclaimed for its powerful, old-vine Zinfandels, expressive single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, structured Syrahs, and richly textured Chardonnays.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Zinfandel
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
15-16.5%