Thomas Rivers Brown is the winemaker at Black Sears, which was known in an earlier incarnation as the historic Howell Mountain Vineyards. A small 360-case production, this zinfandel spends 19 months aging in French oak barrels--1/3 new, 1/3 year-old, and 1/3 neutral.
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