Zinfandel - 2021, NV

Ellsworth Wines is the product of Bryn Molloy and Jeffrey Sherwood’s shared vision to create a life devoted to nurturing and harvesting grapes from vineyards we steward (close to our home in Nevada County, California). Raised in the DC suburbs, our paths crossed while working for Peter Pastan and the incredible team at 2amy’s. Restaurants were our formal introduction to the world of wine and we are fortunate to have worked for some great chefs and sommeliers who shared enormous amounts of knowledge, wine, and most of all, their time and guidance. We are influenced by the global movement of making fresher and more drinkable wines from grapes that have been cared for in a way that benefit not only us the winemakers, or the consumer, but most importantly the soil and ecosystem. In this philosophy we choose to avoid the use of commercial wine making products in the cellar and in the vineyards. The two of us do everything by hand; pruning, spraying, canopy management, and harvest. We do not use fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides, synthetic or organic in our vineyards. We only spray small amounts of elemental sulfur for powdery mildew prevention. Our vines are located in the northern most part of Gold Country in the Sierra Foothills, California, at elevations of around 1500ft. We have a dry, hot growing season, our no- till and dry-farming approach allow for the clay soils to retain rain water for the vines to access throughout the growing season. All of our wines are fermented using native yeasts, aged in used french oak barrels, and spend time in stainless steel before bottling.