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Wine of the Day, No. 390

Wine of the Day, No. 390

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Fredric Koeppel
May 17, 2018
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The Robert Biale Old Kraft Vineyard Zinfandel 2016, St. Helena, is a very model of a Napa Valley old vine zinfandel. The vineyard, west of the town of St. Helena, was planted in the 1890s by Franz Kraft and after decades of neglect carefully restored by Bill and Margie Hart. The wine aged 14 months in Burgundian oak barrels, which are a little shorter …

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