The last time we produced The Infiltrator blend was for the 2017 vintage. Since that time, we have been more focused on our Bordeaux program and with our limited production capacity, we can't always make all the wines we would like to. But when one of our favorite vineyards, the Briarwood Vineyard in Paso's Templeton Gap District, offered us a couple of tons of their beautiful Petite Sirah grapes, we couldn't resist. So once again, this Petite Sirah based blend has quite literally infiltrated our line up and we are pleased to offer it to you for the 2021 vintage.
As always, the Cryptology blend is classified at the highest level. You will not be required to solve the mystery of the blend. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to simply open the bottle and savor the results of the covert operations that went into its creation. A low risk, high reward undertaking, based on our assessment.
As always, our favorite Templeton Gap vineyard, the Briarwood Vineyard, produced Zinfandel grapes of truly exceptional quality. We used only the very best barrels of the vintage for this Reserve bottling and we are thrilled to share this luxurious wine with you. Drink it now or cellar it to enjoy later. We feel the wine will continue to improve for at least the next 5 - 7 years and probably well beyond.
During that time, should you find yourself tasked with convincing an enemy agent to defect to your side, we think tempting them with a bottle of this lush, bold, velvety Zinfandel would be highly effective tradecraft.
We were once again fortunate to source our 2021 Malbec from the amazing Briarwood Vineyard in the Templeton Gap District. Even by this vineyards high standards, 2021 gave us outstanding fruit. We typically use other Bordeaux varietals to create the Espionage blend but after experimenting with multiple combinations, we decided on just a splash of Zinfandel to round out the Malbec's deep, dark profile. Unorthodox perhaps, but all will be revealed when you uncork the bottle and complete your intelligence gathering mission.
