Pagani Ranch

AVA

Sonoma Valley

Decade

1900s

County

Sonoma

Current Owner

Pagani Family

Planted by

Felice Pagani

Location Notes

Highway 12 and Dunbar Road, Glen Ellen

Historical Producers

Ridge, St. Francis, Carlisle, Bedrock, Biale, Seghesio, Wellington

Characteristics

Zinfandel– an exotic, dark, ultra ripe, lush character; a big rich bold Zinfandel wine from old vine fruit. Alicante is used as a blending grape, with Zinfandel to enhance color and flavors and balance high alcohols.

Description

Angela and Felice Pagani came from Italy to Sonoma Valley in the late 1880s and purchased the ranch and planted these vines. It is a very rare vineyard because it has narrow rows, is head trained, and dry farmed. The vineyard used to be plowed by horses before tractors and discs were invented.

Submitted by

Dino Pagani Amantite

Certified