Martinelli Winery
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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
Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini emigrated from Friuli, Italy[3] to California and first planting Zinfandel and Muscat Alexandria vines.[1]
Viticulture
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
A 2009 single-vineyard Martinelli Road was rated 94 points by Wine Spectator.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 All in the Family at Martinelli Winery John Mariani, Huffington Post, 06/22/2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
