Peachy Canyon Winery Bailey Zinfandel 2020

Dark garnet in color, this wine has aromas of black fruit, licorice, anise and sage. It is bright on the palate and tastes of black currants, dark herbs and boysenberries.

Pair this Petite Sirah with grilled meats and vegetables, roasted pork roasts and game meats.

Bailey Ranch
Adelaida District USDA-Certified Organic

2020 Bailey Zinfandel was delivered over two days in mid-September. We opted to ferment a large portion of the Zinfandel in a stainless tank in 2020 – where it received 2 gentle pump overs per day. While the tank was fermented by a commercial strain of yeast, a smaller lot of the same fruit was fermented natively in a bin. Both portions were pressed on the same day – the resulting free run juices were aged separately from the combined press fraction. All portions of Bailey Zinfandel were aged in 30% new French oak barrels an a single puncheon; the remaining 70% spent about 8 months in neutral French barriques. The components were blended in June of 2021 and returned to once and twice used French and Hungarian barriques to marry until it was bottled in March of 2022.

Zinfandel Specialists of Paso Robles

Peachy Canyon Winery is a family-owned and operated winery in Paso Robles, in 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.  Peachy Canyon was instrumental in establishing Paso Robles’ reputation as a key California wine region with its exemplary Zinfandels.

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.