A once in a lifetime buy! This amazing collection is a collectors dream! The Ravenswood Winery Sonoma County, Rancho Salina Bordeaux Blend, Magnum Vertical Rancho Salina designate. This vertical includes 6 magnums (1997-2002).

For most wine lovers, Ravenswood is synonymous with big, rich, full-bodied and intense. Why is it that way?

Winemaker Joel Peterson explains:

"When I was starting my own winery and tasting a lot of wine in the 1960s and 70s, the European wines I admired were made in a relatively primitive way, without much technological interference. Even then this was unusual, but I didn't see why we couldn't employ Old World methods if we were vigilant. If it ain't broke, it seemed to me that trying to 'fix' a time-honored tradition with technology was more like food processing than winemaking.

"As a result, at Ravenswood we employ relatively archaic winemaking techniques. Instead of sterilizing our juice with sulfur and adding a commercial yeast culture, we use native vineyard yeasts that have a broader range of flavors and aromas. We ferment in small, open-topped tanks and allow the temperature of the juice to get very warm to extract all the color and flavor possible. We leave the wine in contact with its skins for weeks, not days, after which it's aged in small French oak barrels whose flavors are consistent with our wines, particularly Zinfandel.