ponzo vineyards

Cousins Phil and Bob Ponzo farm these grapes for us in the Russian River Valley. In 1991, when we purchased Lytton Springs Winery, we began using fruit from Phil's vineyard; since then, those grapes have been the backbone of our multi-vineyard Sonoma Zinfandels. Bob's vineyard, on similar soils a quartermile away, was first included four years ago. The Russian River Valley's cooler microclimate ripens Ponzo shortly after Lytton Springs and Geyserville. Small amounts of carignane and petite sirah are interplanted with zinfandel in the oldest blocks.