About Mazzocco Sonoma
Mazzocco sits on a saddle of rolling hills between the Dry Creek and Alexander valleys outside Healdsburg, next door to the storied Lytton Springs vineyard, and it has grown into the Dry Creek Valley's definitive single-vineyard Zinfandel house. Founded in the 1980s by eye surgeon Dr. Thomas Mazzocco, the winery was acquired in 2005 by Ken and Diane Wilson, Dry Creek grape growers since 1993 who wanted the Zinfandel vines surrounding the tasting room, and it became a cornerstone of their family-owned Wilson Artisan Wineries collection. The Wilsons' philosophy is radical site expression: rather than blending across vineyards, Mazzocco bottles each notable block on its own, producing at times more than twenty distinct Zinfandels in a single vintage.
Winemaker Antoine Favero, who also manages the vineyards, works fruit from an extraordinary sweep of terrain, loamy valley floor, rugged benchland and remote rocky mountain sites climbing to 2,400 feet, including celebrated Rockpile and Monte Rosso designates. Dry-farmed, head-trained blocks are handpicked, fermented on native yeasts and aged around 18 months in French oak, yielding robust, sumptuous Zinfandels that are remarkably individual, backed by hundreds of gold medals and a stack of 90-plus scores from Wine Advocate and Wine Enthusiast. Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Petite Sirah and Cabernet Sauvignon round out the list, but Zinfandel is the reason pilgrims come. For anyone mapping the outer limits of what one grape can express across one valley, Mazzocco is the essential Dry Creek stop.
The Wilson family's single-vineyard Zinfandel house on the Dry Creek and Alexander valley saddle, bottling twenty-plus distinct Zins from valley floor to 2,400 feet.
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Twenty-plus Zins a vintage,Mazzocco bottles each notable block separately, at times producing more than twenty distinct single-vineyard Zinfandels.
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The Wilson family era,Dry Creek growers since 1993, Ken and Diane Wilson acquired Mazzocco in 2005 for the Zin vines around the tasting room.
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Valley floor to 2,400 feet,fruit spans loamy flats, rugged benchland and remote mountain sites, including Rockpile and Monte Rosso designates.
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Favero's double duty,winemaker Antoine Favero also manages the vineyards, with dry-farmed, head-trained blocks and native yeast ferments.
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Next door to Lytton Springs,the estate neighbors one of America's most important Zinfandel vineyards on the Dry Creek and Alexander saddle.
"The Wilson family's single-vineyard Zinfandel house on the Dry Creek and Alexander valley saddle, bottling twenty-plus distinct Zins from valley floor to 2,400 feet."
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Briar Vineyard Zinfandel
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From the estate vineyard visible from the tasting room tables, Mazzocco's most personal Zinfandel expression, showing what the benchland terrain immediately surrounding the winery consistently produces.
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Maple Vineyard Zinfandel
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Single-vineyard Dry Creek Zinfandel from mountain sources, the robust, sumptuous character that Antoine Favero identifies as the defining quality of Mazzocco's most dramatically situated vineyard partnerships.
Petite Sirah
Petite Sirah
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Mazzocco's most powerful expression, single-vineyard Dry Creek Petite Sirah showing the dark, concentrated depth that the valley's benchland and mountain terrain produces in this intensely structured California variety.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Mazzocco Cabernet from the saddle between Dry Creek and Alexander, drawing on the warm-climate character of both valleys to produce a generous, food-friendly Cab alongside the Zinfandel-focused single-vineyard program.
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Briar Vineyard Patio Tasting
75-minute private outdoor table tasting with Briar Vineyard views and tableside service, five single-vineyard designate Zinfandel expressions at the Dry Creek Valley's most dedicated Zinfandel house. Kids and pets welcome.
$25
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Cellar & Estate Tour
Guided tour of Mazzocco's cellar and estate vineyard exploring the single-vineyard designate winemaking philosophy, limited to 4 guests, followed by five-wine flight on the private outdoor terrace.
Complimentary for club members
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