The best California Zinfandels have one thing in common: They’re made from old vines. These vineyards are living history, with disfigured vines that twist up from the ground and have bark that looks crusty and wounded. These vineyards always produced great wines, and old farmers could not bear to rip them out. Here are brief profiles of 10 of those classic vineyards, each of them at least 100 years old.
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