Peachy Canyon Winery Incredible Red 2019

Viticulture

Primarily sourced from Peachy Canyon vineyards in Paso Robles.

Vinification

A new vintage of Incredible Red is always exciting for Peachy Canyon, particularly when the vast majority of fruit is grown in house. All of the grapes that made their way into Incredible Red were gently destemmed and fermented in tanks and/or bins prior to pressing. After several days of settling lees, the various wines were racked into a selection of new and used French, Hungarian and American Oak barrels where they were allowed to complete malolactic fermentation. Once the secondary fermentation was complete, these wines were allowed to age as individual lots until May of 2021. At that point the final blend of Incredible Red was assembled – for the first time in quite a few vintages, Peachy Canon is proud to list Paso Robles as the predominant winegrowing region on this blend.

Tasting notes

Maroon in color, this Zinfandel blend has alluring aromas of red and black fruit and mulling spices. The palate bursts with flavors of tart cherries, raspberries and strawberries.

Winery Description

Zinfandel Specialists of Paso Robles

Peachy Canyon Winery is a family-owned and operated winery in Paso Robles, on California’s Central Coast.  Founded by Doug and Nancy Beckett in 1988, and considered one of Paso Robles’ earliest 10 wineries, Peachy Canyon has long been praised as a producer of award-winning California wines that epitomize respect for terroir and dedicated winemaking.  With our exemplary Zinfandels, Peachy Canyon was instrumental in establishing Paso Robles’ reputation as a key California wine region.

Today, Peachy Canyon Winery is managed by 2nd-generation owners, Josh and Jake Beckett, who spent their childhood in the vineyard and winery alongside their parents, Doug and Nancy.  During their decades long career path in the industry, the brothers recognized an opportunity for more unorthodox brands in the market.  In 2004, they took a leave from Peachy Canyon to create their own brand, Chronic Cellars.  Through shrewd marketing and remarkable quality wines, they built Chronic Cellars to 17,000 cases before selling to Winery Exchange in 2014 and subsequently completing the five-year buyout agreement in early 2019.  Promptly thereafter, Josh and Jake returned to Peachy Canyon Winery to relieve their parents of the daily operations and responsibilities of the family business.

Although Peachy Canyon has historically been known as a Zinfandel house, a full 40% of what is planted today is Rhone and Bordeaux variety based.  Josh and Jake recently acquired some new vineyards. The family now cultivates 102 acres planted on Paso’s westside, all within the 3 most coveted sub AVA’s:  Willow Creek, Adelaida and the Templeton Gap.  Future plantings will include Zinfandel, Rhone and Bordeaux varieties as the brothers are interested in continuing to develop their production of Estate wines and blends.  Beginning with the 2019 vintage, Peachy Canyon will use fruit exclusively from its 102 acres of family-owned, estate vineyards in Paso Robles.