KC Labs Carbonic Zinfandel 2024

Andy Says: "Ok. Forget everything you know about Zinfandel. This wine is produced using the same carbonic maceration technique made famous with Beaujolais Nouveau. This Zinfandel is light, delicate, chill-able and surprisingly refreshing while still retaining Zinfandel's classic juicy fruit. Since arriving, KC Labs has quietly become a "chill-able red" customer favorite. Sourced entirely from the certified organic Venturi Vineyard in Mendocino, this low intervention wine shows flavors of cranberry, raspberry, candied strawberry with low tannins and acidity bright enough to remind me of a Rosé. Serve cold on a hot day with joy and don't take the wine too seriously"

  Winery Says" KC Labs (or Kivelstadt Labs) is owned by Jordan Kivelstadt, who founded it as the experimental side project of his main winery, Kivelstadt Cellars.   KC is "all about bucking the traditions of California wine," the winery explains, "and there's no better example than our Zinfandel. The fruit is grown at Venturi Vineyard in Mendocino and is harvested early then allowed to ferment carbonically without being crushed. This process allows us to take what is normally a jammy, tannic, and high-alcohol varietal and turn it into a light, fresh summertime wine. Served chilled, this wine will challenge your perceptions of what Zin can be and what it should be."