Maitre de Chai Clement Hills Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard 2023 CS20230516 Named after the historic diamond

Named after the historic diamond cut that reveals stone's true brilliance

Native fermentation and 15 months in 21% new French oak create a silky

The winemaking doesn't vary across the range: spontaneous fermentation

Pierreclos and Vergisson to build a Macon-Villages that leads with limestone rather than sunshine

Maitre de Chai Clement Hills Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard 2023 CS20230516 Named after the historic diamondMarty Winters and Alex Pitts of Matre de Chai two ex chefs (Cyrus, Quince, French Laundry) turned single vineyard obsessives go to Lodi for this Zin. Stampede is an own rooted parcel up in the Clements Hills, planted in the 1920s on decomposed granite, farmed by the Perlegos family and overlooking, fittingly, the Clements Stampede rodeo. 2023 was a late ripening year that yielded unusually small berries, and the wine is correspondingly dense varietal