Martinelli Winery
Martinelli Winery is located in California’s Russian River Valley and is a family business that has been growing grapes since the 1880s.[1] It is one of the oldest surviving vineyards in Sonoma County.[2]
History
[edit]Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini emigrated from Friuli, Italy[3] to California and first planting Zinfandel and Muscat Alexandria vines.[1]
Viticulture
[edit]Martinelli Winery uses natural native yeasts in fermentation, and the wines are unfiltered and unfined.[1] Most of the Martinelli grapes are sold to others, and only a small portion go into their own wines.[4]
Some Zinfandel wine produced has over 15% ABV.[1]
Criticism
[edit]A 2009 single-vineyard Martinelli Road was rated 94 points by Wine Spectator.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d All in the Family at Martinelli Winery John Mariani, Huffington Post, 06/22/2015
- ^ a b One of Sonoma's Oldest Zin Vineyards Gets a New Lease on Life: Arista Winery's McWilliams family buys Russian River's Martinelli Road vineyard Wine Spectator, April 9, 2012
- ^ "Old World Winery - California Winery of the Month May 2011". Celebrations Wine Club. 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ Juiced About Martinelli: Wine Editor Lettie Teague admires Martinelli's Sonoma bottlings, but she's even more enamored of the unfairly perfect family behind them Lettie Teague, November 1, 2003
38°29′18″N 122°48′28″W / 38.4883°N 122.8078°W
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