The Graziano Family has a long line of winemakers and grape growers dating back to the early 1900’s. Gregory Graziano’s grandfather, Vincenzo Graziano, and his wife Angela, immigrated to America and eventually found their way to Mendocino County where they started growing grapes and making wine. They first planted vineyards in Mendocino County in 1918.In the late 1920’s Vincenzo had to depend on selling grapes to home winemakers on the east coast and bootlegging wine to support his family.
The wines they have made at Monte Volpe (which means Fox Mountain) since the first releases in 1991 are rich in color, fragrance, flavor and offer a great deal of finesse. Their structures are reminiscent of their Italian ancestry, but they display a vibrancy that is the hallmark of wines that are produced from fully ripened grapes.
Primo Rosso Lot 16 is a blend of old vine Zinfandel, Dolcetto, Carignane, Negroamaro & Grenache. The wine is deeply colored & highly perfumed with warm aromas of violet, red berries, plums & spice. The palate is fleshy & medium-bodied showing black cherry, raspberry, plum & dried herb notes. The finish is pure & velvety with a little grip of tannin.
