Besson (Zinfandel)
- AVA
- Central Coast
- Decade
- 1920s
- County
- Santa Clara
- Current Owner
- Besson Family
- Wineries
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Birichino
- Description
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Purchased by the Besson Family in 1925 and farmed by them since.
Effectively 100% Zinfandel. There are perhaps 40 Mission vines in their planted at the same time; they produce almost nothing [though they are colossal] so those grapes are not used for the Birichino Saint-Georges Zinfandel. As with the Grenache, there are some replacement vines here and there, but it is mostly original plantation.
- Submitted by
- John Locke
- Certified