An exciting new vineyard designate!  Limerick Lane used to be one of my favorite producers of Zinfandel back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.  In fact, I was so enamored by their wines that in 1993 I knocked on the door of the owner’s house and asked if I could purchase a half-ton for homemade wine.  He agreed and told me to show up a week later with my bins to haul away the crushed fruit.  But alas, when I showed up as directed, the whole vineyard had already been picked.  The owner claimed he had “forgotten” about our arrangement.  I was heartbroken.  Fast forward to 2009 when Limerick Lane was purchased by brothers Jake and Scot Bilbro.  I had the good fortune of becoming friends with the brothers in 2012.  After I told them my story of almost making a Limerick Lane Zinfandel, they insisted on offering me two tons from their oldest block planted in 1910.  I was floored!  It may have taken 19 years but we finally get to make Zinfandel from this very special vineyard!