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    Giuseppe & Luisa

    Russian River Valley

    Giuseppe & Luisa vineyard was planted with cuttings from Jackass Hill Zinfandel in the 1990s. It was named after Lee Martinelli Sr.’s grandparents, Giuseppe and Luisa Martinelli, who started our first winery in the 1880s when they immigrated from Tuscany, Italy. We wanted to pay homage to their determination to follow their dreams at just 19 and 16 years of age in coming to the New World, so we created this vineyard from cuttings from the original vineyard Giuseppe planted, Jackass Hill. We restored and are using their original label on our current wines from this vineyard as a thank you for starting our family’s legacy so long ago.

    SPECIFICATIONS
    APPELLATIONRussian River Valley
    VARIETALS PLANTEDZinfandel
    SOIL INFORMATIONHuichicha
    SOIL CHARACTERISTICSClay, hard-pan
    ROOTSTOCK420,101-14, 3309
    BUDWOODJackass Hill clone
    YEAR ACQUIRED1961
    YEAR PLANTED1995

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3360 RIVER ROAD
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