INSIDER DEAL! 92-94 Point Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Reds

It’s a triple Bulk Buy deal! Get these 92-94 point reds from Peterson Winery for just $XX.XX/bottle (XX% off) while you can.

It’s a good day! Why? Because one of our most popular Insider Deals is back and it has not just one and not just two, but THREE Bulk Buy rated wines! (We’re not kidding when we say this is one of our most popular deals – the last time we offered them they sold out in less than 8 hours.) And what wines they are…

All are single vineyard, Bulk Buy rated, dry-farmed, naturally made beauties. Today’s deal includes the 2021 Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Barbera, the 2019 Tollini Vineyard Old School Zinfandel and the “Perfect 10” 2020 Tollini Vineyard Zero Manipulation Red Blend. (The latter has one of the highest Overall Ratings we’ve ever offered in an Insider Deal.)

All three wines come from the dry-farmed Tollini Vineyard in Redwood Valley, Mendocino and are made in a way that lets the true goodness of the grapes shine through — unfined, unfiltered and with no additives (meaning they are also vegan). Here’s how the winery describes the Zero Manipulation red blend (although this also applies to the rest of their wines as well):

Zero Manipulation is a combination of intention as well as practice. Each year is slightly different, and our goal is to express that variation (while still making a wine that tastes good), and not having a preconceived notion of the wine being exactly the same each year. We don’t add enzymes, tannins, acid, etc., and don’t fine or filter these wines (or treat with velcorin, or lysozyme, or gum arabic, or or or…). SO2 is used after fermentation and at bottling though with switching to screw caps and lower oxygen pickup, we can get away with less.

The less you do in the course of a wine’s tenure in the cellar, the more of the grape’s, vineyard’s, and vintage’s essence you’ll have to bottle. Every time you do something to a wine, you take out a little of what you started with.

These wines taste amazing — both on their own and with a wide variety of food. Honestly, they’re the type of wines that are so rich and flavorful that they make you wonder what’s been wrong with all the other wine you’ve been tasting.

All three wines are aged a very long time in oak barrels (20-22 months) and are very low production. Only 650 cases were made of the Zero Manipulation Red (a blend of 62% old vine Carignane, 31% Grenache and 7% Syrah), 425 cases of the Old School Zinfandel (94% Zinfandel plus 6% Petite Sirah) and just 221 cases of the Barbera.

All three also normally retail for a very reasonable $24 a bottle. Today’s 6-pack deal, however, gets you 2 bottles of each wine at a fraction of that price…

For the next day you can get the Peterson Tollini Vineyards Reds 6-pack (2 bottles of each wine) for just $XX.95. That’s a discount of XX% and a price of just $XX.XX a bottle!

As we noted above all three wines are Bulk Buy rated (keep reading below for our full reviews) and we gave the Zero Manipulation a Taste Rating of 10 (94+ points) and one of the highest Overall Ratings we’ve ever offered in an Insider Deal!

This 6-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, RI, SC, TX, VT, WA, WV, WI and WY. (These states are dependent on the individual licenses of the offering winery and are not representative of all our deals. Every deal can have different, sometimes more, sometimes less, states available.)

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First up let’s take a look at the 2020 Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Zero Manipulation Red, a blend of 62% old vine Carignane, 31% Grenache and 7% Syrah aged 21 months in neutral oak barrels. You will receive two bottles in today’s 6-pack.

From the winery:

Our Zero Manipulation is blended using 100% Tollini Vineyard fruit, and is the first in our line of wines honoring this great vineyard and farmer/friend to the north. We’ve produced Zero every year since 2000 using old vine Carignane as the dominant varietal, and in 2020 it makes up 62% of the blend. From this core of spicy, zippy red fruit flavors, we’ve added layers of depth, complexity and balance with Grenache and Syrah. Our goal in the blend is to create a wine that is a true bistro wine—tasty, food friendly, full of soul and almost refreshing, without ever becoming heavy. As our original t-shirt proclaimed, this wine is always “easy to use and cheap to operate.”

The traditional head trained, dry farmed Carignane blocks were planted by Alvin Tollini’s father and grandfather. The Syrah and Grenache were planted by Alvin with the same time-honored techniques and sustainable approach. All sit on southwest facing benches in the Redwood Valley.

Aromas of dark cherry and black raspberry mingle with hints of brown spices and a touch of earthiness. Lively, juicy flavors of black cherry and strawberry fill the palate, while traces of pomegranate and rhubarb add interest and depth. The vivid fruit is balanced with a very subtle essence of mocha-laced oak. The smooth mouthfeel and inviting blend of flavors create an easy drinking, no thinking wine. And yet, the complexity and quality give you pause as you sip this seamlessly delicious Rhône blend.

An ideal wine to grab when enjoying conversation with friends, diving into a good book or unwinding after a long day. It will also pair perfectly with take-out pizza or a Rueben sandwich with fries, and can easily complement something elegant like lamb chops with herbs and garlic served with a wild mushroom rice pilaf.

Composition: 100% Tollini Vineyard
Varietal Breakdown: 62% Carignane harvested Oct. 1, 31% Grenache harvested Oct. 2 and 7% Syrah harvested Sept. 14
Appellation: Redwood Valley, Mendocino County
pH: 3.35
TA: 0.69g/100ml
Barrel Aging: 21 months
Cooperage: 100% neutral oak barrels
Bottling Date: June 15, 2022 (unfined & unfiltered)
Closure Type: Screwcap – Janson Capsule – Saranex liner
Release Date: May 2024

Produced and Bottled by Peterson Winery
14.8% Alcohol

And now on to our review:

The 2020 Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Zero Manipulation Red Blend begins with a really enticing, succulent, harmonious aroma of black cherry and blackberry with plenty of spice, cola and vanilla. This one literally sucks you right into the glass and once you’re there it’s hard to get your nose out of it!

Taking a sip reveals quite a lovely, flavorful blend full of deep, savory black cherry, black raspberry and blackberry. It’s medium-bodied, wonderfully balanced, smooth, lightly spicy and easy to drink. It’s rather elegant really, but still quite quaffable which is not an easy feat to achieve. It also has a bit of tannic grip. A tad on the young side still, it gets better and better as it has more air.

It ends dry, grippy and very, very long and lively with a plenty of spice under the lasting juicy fruit. I love it and it was even a bit better on day 2. And while it’s drinking absolutely wonderfully now, I think it will get even better with a couple more years of bottle age. This is always a favorite!

Next let’s take a look at the 2021 Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Barbera, a 100% Barbera aged 22 months in neutral oak barrels. You will receive two bottles in today’s 6-pack.

From the winery:

Over the last 20-plus years working with Alvin Tollini, I’ve come to respect his abilities as a grower and the suitability of his properties for producing intense, yet balanced red wines. When Alvin mentioned to me that he had a field on “Granddad’s Ranch” that he was ready to plant, I immediately thought of Barbera. I believed the site’s gravelly, well-drained red clay soil could produce a worthy successor to the Norton Ranch Barbera.

The 2021 is our twelfth vintage from this block. As a 100% varietal from Tollini Vineyard, it truly showcases what the grape is capable of when grown in the right location. This wine hits the high notes, with power and depth behind it, and a purity and clarity one would expect from this ancient varietal.

As the wine opens, the enticing aromatics that make you want to dive into the glass shift from pronounced tart cherry and black pepper to ripe blackberry with hints of dried fine herbs. A smooth entry leads into just the right amount of vibrant acidity, making the flavors pop. Savor a fusion of dark cherry, blackberry and dried strawberry laced with traces of dried herbs, black pepper, sweet tobacco, loamy earth and lavender. The layers of flavors create a roundness that balances the bright acidity to offer up a lovely, easy-sipper.

With so many perfect pairings, it’s tough to just pick a few. Try it with your favorite lasagna with garlic bread on the side, or smoked brisket with curly fries and a range of barbecue sauces from sweet to spicy.

Composition: 100% Barbera
Vineyard: Tollini Vineyard
Appellation: Redwood Valley, Mendocino
Harvest Date: September 20, 2021
pH: 3.28
TA: 0.75g/100mL
Barrel Aging: 22 months
Cooperage: 100% neutral oak barrels
Bottling Date: June 28, 2023 (unfined & unfiltered)
Closure Type: Screwcap – Janson Caps – Saranex liner
Release Date: June 2024

Produced and Bottled by Peterson Winery
15.1% Alcohol

And now on to our review:

The 2021 Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Barbera begins with just a lovely aroma of ripe dark berry fruits mixed with a little spice, some brambly earthiness, vanilla, toasty oak, black pepper, licorice and more. It’s really enticing, and after a few sniffs you’ll find yourself quite excited to take a sip of this one.

And when you do…whoah! If you’ve been drinking predominantly grocery store wines this Barbera is almost a bit startling. Full of ripe, juicy and tart dark berry fruit with a bit of wonderful earthiness and well-integrated spice notes to offset it, this is delicious. Add in good acidity and a smooth mouthfeel and this is a wonderfully flavorful wine with incredible depth.

It ends dry with more lingering sweet tart fruit on the very long, slightly grippy finish. It was even a bit better on day 2. We put it right at the top of our 9 Taste Rating at 93-points.

We tend to think of Barbera as a pizza wine but this is much heartier than that and will stand up to lots of different foods. This is on par with our very popular Amador Barbera Insider Deals from Scott Harvey and Andis Wines.

Just like the Zero Manipulation, this wine is drinking wonderfully right now but it’s also still a bit young so it will develop even more thanks in part I’m sure to the incredibly long time it spent in oak. And again, it’s crazy to get a wine of this quality for just $13.33 a bottle!

And finally let’s take a look at the 2019 Peterson Winery Tollini Vineyard Old School Zinfandel which is 94% Zinfandel and 6% Petite Sirah aged 20 months in barrel. You will receive two bottles in today’s 6-pack.

From the winery:

Old School is sometimes described as our “Easy Drinking, No Thinking” Zin, but don’t let that make you think it’s any less serious of a wine than our other bottlings.

After nearly ten years putting together a value priced Zin blend from various Sonoma County grapes, our friend and grower in Mendocino, Alvin Tollini, let us know he had a mature Zinfandel vineyard coming available, and would we be interested in the fruit. We took the opportunity to create a new wine in our line of Tollini Vineyard offerings that would showcase what juicy Zin grapes from the hills of Mendocino’s Redwood Valley could produce.

Old School has a style that is full of flavor and character, but not over the top. We want a wine that is refreshing and “highly drinkable” and satisfying. The type of Zin you can either open on a weeknight or take to a party without hesitation. One you can think about and savor…but you really don’t have to.

By blending in 6% Petite Sirah, we complement the fruit and jam of the Zin with structure, balance and spice, without overwhelming the singular terroir of this special place.

Alluring aromatics of juicy black raspberry are laced with a dusting of black pepper and hints of mocha oak. The vibrant mix of berries — blackberry, raspberry, boysenberry and huckleberry — lends a brightness to the palate. The perfect blend of oak and tannins tame the luscious flavors just as the wine lingers on the finish.

This wine not only offers aromas and flavors of a quintessential Zin, it is also a perfect pairing partner with so many cuisines. Enjoy it with smoked brisket served with sweet potato fries, orange peel beef over brown rice, or jambalaya.

Varietal Breakdown: 94% Zinfandel harvested Sept. 13 & 20 and 6% Petite Sirah harvested Sept. 28
Vineyard: 100% Tollini Vineyard
Appellation: Redwood Valley, Mendocino
pH: 3.49
TA: 0.69g/100ml
Barrel Aging: 20 months
Cooperage: 20% 2-year-old Hungarian oak barrels, 80% 4-10 year-old neutral oak barrels
Bottling Date: July 20, 2021 (unfined & unfiltered)
Closure Type: Screwcap – Janson capsules – Saranex liner
Release Date: May 2024

Produced and Bottled by Peterson Winery
16.1% Alcohol

And now on to our review:

The 2019 Peterson Tollini Old School Zinfandel opens with plenty of brambly and almost raisin-y fruit aromas. Black pepper, spice, licorice and vanilla round things out on the very aromatic and attractive nose.

Hello! Wow, this is a unique, savory and flavorful Zin that wakes your taste buds right up. Harmonious and balanced, it features black cherry, lots of cola notes, loads of licorice plus some black pepper and touches of spice and vanilla wrapped up in a smooth mouthfeel. This is a great example of Zinfandel!

It ends dry, a bit grippy and quite long and lasting with lingering peppery spice. We found it to be at its best after a few hours of air and was similar on day 2. We’ve offered several vintages of this wine in the past and this might be the best rendition yet. This is crying out to be paired with BBQ ribs!

Cheers,
Jon

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