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WITNESS ONE: "Well, it was… I just wanted to see a show, right? So I came down, and when I walked in the door I had these inklings of smoky cedar and spicy sage. I figured I should have turned right around but I didn't want to look, you know, chicken or anything."
WITNESS TWO: "Yeah, the cranberries started it, they were all jostling back there with the plums and the blackberries.
WITNESS ONE: "I'm sure it was the plums. The cranberries just wanted to have a good time, and they were rambunctious, sure, but they were keeping to themselves. The blackberries didn't even get involved until the plums started picking a fight."
WITNESS THREE: "I was there, in the back. And I didn't see who started it, but I gotta say it was the most balanced mix-up I've ever been involved in. Those blackberries complimented the plums so well, I figured they'd just go round and round forever."
WITNESS ONE: "I tried to run back to the door, but by then the cranberries were all over the place and I couldn't see a thing. And that's when the cherries kicked in the door."
WITNESS TWO: "Yeah, when the cherries came in I just dove under the bar and covered my head. You don't mess with the cherries when they start flowing freely."
WITNESS THREE: "But I can't blame nobody but myself, you know. That's why we all love coming to the Wheelhouse. We call it the 'five pack of pain' around here.
WITNESS ONE: "Nobody calls it 'the five pack of pain' around here. Who told you that?"
WITNESS TWO: "Yeah, I've never heard those words before."
Sextant Wines 2010 Wheelhouse Zinfandel 750ml 5-Pack
Vintage after vintage, the Sextant Wheelhouse Zinfandel reveals itself with grace and potency. Delectable cherries flow freely on the mid-palate as plums, blackberries, and cranberries jostle on the back-palate. Inklings of smoky cedar, black olives, and spicy sage join the profile as well. It is bold and keen with flavors, but yet so balanced in structure. The acidity is poised and the tannins are finely integrated giving way to an unrelenting, enduring, and monumental finish.
With fruit sourced from Sextant's RBZ Vineyard, this Zinfandel was blended with Syrah, Petite Sirah and Tempranillo. Fermented in Stainless Steel and aged 10 months in New and Neutral French Oak barrels.
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