Where in the wine world are we? Gnarly vine edition
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Check out this gnarly old vine. Where was I when I snapped this pic?
Mar
11
2008
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On March 11th, 2008 at 7:48 am ,Casey Hartlip wrote:
Okay, mustard, fog and the hills say Cali north coast. Maybe even my home area of Mendocino County?
On March 11th, 2008 at 9:07 am ,loulou wrote:
Bordeaux region perhaps?
On March 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am ,Richard Smith wrote:
That looks like ancient traditional Zinfandel vines with no trellis. It looks an awful lot like the Napa Valley but i think that would be too obvious or not specific enough. Perhaps the northern end, Geyserville maybe. But, I think I will plump for Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County.
On March 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am ,PINONVY wrote:
Yups, looks like Dry Creek, or maybe northern Russian RIver, valley.
On March 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am ,Jon wrote:
I’ll agree that those look like some gnarly old Zin vines, but I’m going to say Amador county.
On March 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm ,Arto K. wrote:
I’d say south Rhône! Maybe somewhere near Vacqueyras?
On March 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm ,Sarah wrote:
Dry Creek
On March 11th, 2008 at 4:49 pm ,swirlingnotions wrote:
I’m thinking you were facing west on Dry Creek Road . . . or north in Alexander Valley. Is that Geyser Peak in the distance? Given the goopy gray—exactly what I see outside now and did all day yesterday–it definitely looks like it’s somewhere nearby.
On March 12th, 2008 at 12:54 pm ,David McDuff wrote:
The vines do indeed look to be either Zinfandel or Grenache. The soil type, however, looks wrong for the Southern Rhone. So I’ll have to say Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley, Geyserville district.
On March 12th, 2008 at 6:22 pm ,Jake wrote:
Greece?
On March 14th, 2008 at 9:36 am ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Wow, Richard, great deductive logic! Swirlingnotions - facing west on Dry Creek Road — you nailed it!
Very impressive as usual with these photos.
Yes, it’s a gnarly old zinfandel vine in a photo I took during the third week of February.