Carlo’s Ranch was planted in 1934 by Celestino (aka Charlie) Papera.  As the crow flies, this vineyard is less than a mile from Carlisle Vineyard and only a quarter mile down the road from Pietro’s Ranch.  Nevertheless, our Zinfandel from Carlo’s is quite different, possessing a more feminine, elegant nature, perhaps due to the lack of intermixed black varieties.  Yields in 2004 were approximately 1.3 tons to the acre.  Fermented indigenously and bottled unfined and unfiltered.