Bruce Patch returns with another beauty. Save 42% on the Bruce Patch Giovanatto Vineyard Old Vine Zin while you can. Only 99 cases produced.
We love Bruce Patch Zinfandels because these aren’t cookie cutter wines, he lets the unique character of the vineyard and its old vines show through in every bottle. We love it.
Today’s Zin from the 50+ year-old vines of the Giovanatto Vineyard in the Alexander Valley of California is another excellent one. Perhaps a bit more on the elegant side of things for a Zinfandel, it’s smooth, grippy, structured and deep while also being extremely well balanced.
Zinfandel Chronicles rates the 2024 Bruce Patch Giovanatto Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel at 93 points, and we put it right in that same category with a 9 Taste Rating. As always, the production is very small – just 99 cases produced!
If you’d like to get some at our incredible discount off the normal (and very reasonable) $40 price tag, we recommend acting fast…
For the next two days (or until it sells out) you can get 3 bottles of the 2024 Bruce Patch Giovanatto Vineyard Old Vine Zin for just $69.95 ($23.32/bottle). That’s a discount of 42% saving you over $16 a bottle!
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Read on for our full review. Unless it sells out sooner, this limited time, winery direct offer ends in just…
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Keep on reading for our full tasting notes on the Bruce Patch Giovanatto Vineyard Old Vine Zin below but for those unfamiliar with Bruce, whose wines are quickly becoming a reader favorite, here’s a bit more about him:
Bruce Patch cut his teeth in the music industry — having once met the Beatles and helped to discover the famous 80s band, The Cars, in his native Boston. Once on the West Coast, Bruce turned his energies to several small labels of his own focused on classic R&B and Doo Wop artists and contemporary South Pacific music. He met his partner, artist Andrea Cleall, at a donut shop on the outskirts of Topanga Canyon, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Bruce and Andrea moved to the Russian River Valley in the late 1990s, and Bruce transitioned his sales and marketing background into a successful distribution business representing small independent wineries in Sonoma County. This would lead to a passion for and knowledge of winemaking that would inspire the creation of his own wine — Wine Guerrilla. Over the course of a decade, he built the brand and won accolades for his line-up of stellar single vineyard zinfandels.
Today, Bruce brings this history and experience to his most promising venture yet. Bruce Patch Wines sources the best grapes from throughout Sonoma County, including many vineyards like Clopton, Harris-Kratka and Carreras Ranch with whom Bruce has long relationships and a history of producing acclaimed wines. In addition to his trademark lush, full zinfandels, Bruce is also producing red blends and exquisite expressions of unique grapes like primitivo and malbec.
We hope you will enjoy these wines as much as we do. As Elvis Presley said, “If you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it.”
And yes, after you taste it you will definitely say it is just what I needed. Let the good times roll…
From the winery:
2024 Bruce Patch Giovanatto Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel Back Label
The Giovanatto family has been in the northern Alexander Valley town of Cloverdale for over 80 years. Pierre Giovanatto’s father ran a gravel mining company and farmed this beautiful old vine zin vineyard. The vineyard was planted in 1974 on St. George rootstock with the Heritage clone. Old vine zin pruned cordone style.
Tasting Notes: Elegant and charming. Strawberry, cranberry, blood orange and earth on the palate. Tremendous length on the finish!
93 Points – Crimson in color. 14.7% ABV. Pretty nose of red fruits, citrus and baking spices. Medium body with perfect acidity. Incredibly elegant and charming. Strawberry, cranberry, blood orange and earth on the palate. Tremendous length on the finish. Really appealing Zinfandel for those of us who prefer finesse over power. Best over the next 2-3 years. Zinfandel Chronicles
Appellation: Alexander Valley
Aged in French & American oak
99 cases produced
Label art by Sean Colgin
14.7% Alcohol
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2024 Bruce Patch Giovanatto Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel opens with a pleasing aroma full of blood orange, pomegranate, strawberry, black cherry and touches of baking spice and earthiness. It’s a very good start!
Tasting the wine reveals it to be smooth, juicy and grippy with a bit more of the dark fruit coming through in the mouth. The winery describes it as more of an elegant Zin and I would agree although there is plenty of depth and structure here as well. It also features lots of well-integrated spice and very good balance.
It ends dry, quite grippy and even a bit chewy on the very long, mouthwatering finish and was similar on day 2. This is excellent!
Cheers,
Jon
2024 BRUCE PATCH GIOVANATTO VINEYARD OLD VINE ZINFANDEL
Taste: 9 (91-93 Points) Cost: 2
OVERALL RATING: 7.3
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