Green & Red Vineyard Tip Top Vineyard Zinfandel, Napa Valley, USA 2018 Barbera del Monferrato It’s a style that works

It’s a style that works quite well here

silky texture and lightly nutty finish throw these dazzling flavors into sharp relief

an exceptional vintage

revealing a deep

Green & Red Vineyard Tip Top Vineyard Zinfandel, Napa Valley, USA 2018 Barbera del Monferrato It’s a style that worksTip Top is, unsurprisingly, Green & Reds highest elevation vineyard. At elevations of 1,800 to 2,000 feet, the parcel includes a mix of cordon and head trained vines planted in the green tinged serpentine gravels and red chert for which the winery is named. Winemaker Aaron Whitlatch has preserved mountain environs in the fruit here, warm plums scented with pine, bay laurel and madrone. Its focused and lean, with a claret like center of gravity