You know those wines you had in college? The ones with people running around in bikinis and making sand castles and throwing beach balls at people’s faces? Well, maybe that was the wine for you back then. But today, you know that every beach ball has a hard plastic end that could cause serious eye damage, and you’d never put yourself in that sort of situation. So why should you be required to drink the same wine?
The best way to keep that sort of riff-raff out of your expensive adult home is to buy an adult sort of wine. Take, for example, the Harvest Moon Estate & Winery Late Harvest Zin and Ice-Style Gewürztraminer 2-Pack. First of all, they say they’re named for “the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.” People don’t say “at and about” over tequila body shots.
Second, take a look at the wines themselves. The 2008 Late Harvest Estate Zinfandel came from long consideration, and craftsmanship. The fruit wasn’t the most attractive, and a lesser winery might have just given up and gone back to the PBRs. But Harvest Moon saw a path that would create a really solid wine, mixing specific fermentation standards with just the right temperature. That’s the sort of labor a “fun” wine just wouldn’t bother with, and that’s why this 2008 Late Harvest Estate Zinfandel is a sign of maturity. Spicy, dark coco-caramel aromas with bright, red-berried fruit flavors and a lingering finish of tart cherries and cranberries. It’s been aged well, and just reaching its peak. One could say this is a wine in its prime.
And then there’s the 2009 Dessert Gewürztraminer. Let’s face it, dilettantes don’t dabble in this direction. If you don’t already know, Ice Wine’s a unique and delicious drink made from a frozen fruit crush. The pure sugars thaw first, while the frozen water remains in the press, creating a thick, pure pre-fermentation base. This grows into a sweet delicacy that offers a wonderful flavor, perfect to accompany your dessert… or maybe take its place! And face it, only an adult to pass on dessert.
Even down to the logo, a simple circular brushstroke of an ancient Chinese symbol for the circle of life, Harvest Moon shows maturity. For as they say themselves, “The Circle of Life starts out slow and builds to high productivity only to level out and enjoy a slow, gradual decline.” This Harvest Moon Estate & Winery Late Harvest Zin and Ice-Style Gewürztraminer 2-Pack isn’t for kids who think they’ll live forever. It’s for the grown-ups who want to savor the time we’ve been given. The Harvest Moon Estate & Winery Late Harvest Zin and Ice-Style Gewürztraminer 2-Pack is a very serious sort of wine.
2008 Russian River Late Harvest Estate Zinfandel:
2008 Late Harvest Zin begins with spicy, dark coco-caramel aromas followed up with a pleasantly elegant body and a lingering finish of juicy tart cherries and cranberries. Our 2008 Late Harvest showcases perfect balance between RRV fruit, viscosity (RS) and natural acidity. This wine will taste its best from 2010 and cellar well for 5-8 years
2009 Dessert Gewürztraminer (California Ice Wine):
This California Ice Wine is so very unique. For those who can appreciate a truly sweet dessert wine, this rare ICE-style wine is just for you. We recommend this delicacy with your favorite dessert.
Harvest Moon Estate and Winery was founded on growing, producing and bottling world-class Russian River Valley wine in a balanced, elegant style. Our premise is that Russian River Valley Zinfandel can be just as layered and complex as any Pinot Noir or Bordeaux variety in the world and receive the same respect. The Pitts family has grown quality grapes in the Russian River Valley since 1976. In 2000, son Randy reverse migrated from San Francisco back to Sonoma County to assume the farming responsibilities at the family's modest nine-acre ranch. In conjunction with lessons on farming by his Dad and a few viticulture/enology courses at the local junior college, Randy made a barrel of homemade Zinfandel off the ranch's back block which turned out exceptionally tasty. Quickly concluding that properly farmed and judiciously fermented, Zinfandel has great capabilities of being California's own wine nobility. The growers-turned winemakers birthed their inaugural vintage in 2002 and look forward to making their Zinprint on the winescene for decades to come.
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