Green & Red Vineyard Tip Top Vineyard Zinfandel, Napa Valley, USA 2018 Outpost Wines with a layer of red

with a layer of red florals

redcurrants and crushed stone character

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butter and flint on the nose

Green & Red Vineyard Tip Top Vineyard Zinfandel, Napa Valley, USA 2018 Outpost Wines with a layer of redTip Top is, unsurprisingly, Green & Reds highest elevation vineyard. At elevations of 1,800 to 2,000 feet, the parcel includes a mix of cordon and head trained vines planted in the green tinged serpentine gravels and red chert for which the winery is named. Winemaker Aaron Whitlatch has preserved mountain environs in the fruit here, warm plums scented with pine, bay laurel and madrone. Its focused and lean, with a claret like center of gravity