2018 Angeleno Superbloom Zinfandel Süess Vineyard

Region: Lodi grapes + LA winemaking < CA Grapes: Zinfandel Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; whole-cluster grapes from100-year-old vines. They foot-tread this wine on the stems, andferment on the skins for five days before pressing; bottledunfined/unfiltered w/ minimal added So2; 11.5% ABV Winemakers:Jasper Dickson + Amy Luftig VisteWine production is a rare activity within the borders of Los Angeles,let alone one that uses actual grapes from LA County. But apparently LA used to be a city of vines -- the first city seal was a bunch of grapes, and in the 1830's, they were making 2 million bottles of wine a year, three years before Napa even had their first commercial winery. So Angelino has one of the coolest stories around, involving actual Angelinos: Jasper worked at natty wine stalwart Silverlake wine for 10 years, where he met customer Amy, whose interest in wine grew to the point where she embarked upon enology studies at UCLA.  Jasper and Amy founded their wine project i