Alegría Vineyards ~ Zinfandel Heritage Blocks

 

 

 

Alegria Vineyard map

 

 

Acres / Year Planted: 5.5 acres  (1890), 1.1 acres (1950), 1.6 acres (1987)
Appellation: Russian River Valley
Terroir: Alluvial river terrace, Positas gravelly loam
Additional Details: Block A – 1.6 acres 
Variety: Zinfandel
Clone: Teldeschi
Rootstock: St.George
First planted in 1890
Replanted in 1987

 

Block B – 0.5 acre

Varieties: 86% Zinfandel, 12% Alicante Bouschet, 2% Petite Sirah

Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1890

Block C – 1.6 acres
Varieties: 58% Alicante Bouschet, 40% Zinfandel, 2% Petite Sirah and other varieties
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1890

Block D – 1.6 acres
Varieties: 79% Zinfandel, 9% Petite Sirah, 6% Alicante Bouschet, 2% Trousseau, 2% Negrette, 2% other varieties
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1890

Block E – 0.8 acre
Varieties: 59% Petite Sirah, 31% Zinfandel
3% Alicante Bouschet, 2% Petite Bouschet, 2% Carignane
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1890

Block F – 0.8 acre
Varieties: 41% Zinfandel, 38% Petite Sirah, 17% Alicante Bouschet, 4% Carignane, Trousseau, Petite Bouschet, Syrah
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1890

Block G – 0.6 acre
Varieties: 98% Zinfandel, 2% Sangiovese
Clone: Old clone
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1950
Includes some of Sonoma County’s oldest Sangiovese vines

Block H – 0.7 acre
Varieties: 98% Zinfandel, 2% Sangiovese
Clone: Old clone
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1950
Includes some of Sonoma County’s oldest Sangiovese vines

Block I – 0.5 acre
Variety: Zinfandel
Clone: Old clone
Rootstock: St.George
Planted 1890

Block 4N – Hillside – 1992
Additional Varieties: 16% Sangiovese, 3% Petite Sirah,  3% Petit Bouschet
Rootstock: 101-14 & 1616
Terroir: West-sloping alluvial hillside; Haire clay loam
Customers: Parmeson Winery; ACORN

Block 8 – Corner Block – 1997
Additional Varieties: 10% Petite Sirah, 4% Alicante Bouschet, Plus Trousseau, Negrette, Syrah, Tinta Cao, & others
Rootstock: 44-53
Terroir: Alluvial Haire clay loam;
older blocks are Positas soil
Customers: Mengler Family Wines

Varietals: Zinfandel
Alicante Bouschet
Petite Sirah