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    ALEXANDER VALLEY: ZIALENA

    Zialena’s roots go back to the early 1900s, when Italian immigrant Giuseppi Mazzoni joined the Italian Swiss Colony and became a grape farmer and winemaker. His great-grandchildren, Mark and Lisa, now carry on the legacy at their 49ha estate. Mazzoni fruit is prime stuff for the family’s own-label Zialena, as well as for other local wineries.

    Zialena, Zinfandel, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County 2017 93

    N/A UK www.zialena.com

    The second vintage from the estate’s new winery, which features concrete fermenting tanks. This beautifully crafted wine is 100% Mazzoni-clone Zinfandel, with black-cherry, plum, dark-chocolate, clove and nutmeg aromas, and cherry and cranberry flavours flecked with cracked pepper and cacao on

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