Zeka Vineyards

We are experimenting with making Blanc de Noir with our Pinot Noir fruit on our garage label PIVOT. It's loads of fun just to be able to try it out.

We produce yummy Gold and Platinum Pinot Noir with our fruit, so now, we are going to see if we can make a "white w**e" from a red w**e grape. Other notable producers have already done this so it's not new albeit unusual.

We harvested about 600 lbs of fruit this morning early and then crushed and pressed the fruit immediately after to keep the juice color as light as possible. It seems that the Pommard varietal has the lighted fruit juice so closest to a white w**e color. Our Dijon and Calera varietals have a hint of pink. I am hoping that during fermentation, the red color particulates will separate out to give the final product more of a white w**e color.

Honestly I have never been a fan of single varietal w**e. A field blend gives the w**e so much more depth and structure. So despite, the fact that Pommard juice is the "right" color, I hope to be able to blend some Calera and Dijon. Anyway, that's definitely the cart before the horse.

We had a great start. Perfect sugar (~20 brix) and acidity (~3.15) ranges. Really looking forward to seeing how this batch will turn out.

Stay tuned on our progress.

Best Rosé and Pinot in town!

At the Burlingame Avenue Walk with W**e.

We’re pouring the 2018 Pinot and 2024 Rose at the Burlingame W**e Walk! The generous folks at Cafe Stellato are providing bites!

I've been enjoying watching these folks review w**e. Fun and approachable! Here's their look at a Chinese Cabernet. If you look they also review Petrus and DRC!

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It's Rosé season. Come discover our award winning Pinot Noir and our Rosé de Pinot Noir.

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Beautiful day for a Rosé.

Made in Southern French style with a California flair.

We did a side by side tasting comparison between our Zeka Vineyards 2018 Pinot Noir (91 points) and Domaine Serene 2018 Members Limited Edition Willamette Valley Pinot Noir ($75) that got 97 points.

First impressions:
They both had true bright red colors typical of Pinot Noir. Domaine Serene had good amount of acid, tannins, strawberries and blackberries in front with some Rainier cherries on the palette. And some forest and spice notes at the end. Med light body.

Zeka Vineyards had balanced amount of acids and tannins, notes of dark Bing cherries, plums and forest and spice notes. Medium body.

Both w**es are high quality examples of their respective terrior. The Zeka shows darker Sonoma fruit but with a lighter balance then is typical of Sonoma pinots especially the 2018 vintage. The Serene is riper and a bit hotter while still having Willamette characteristics of red fruits and higher acids.

They are both very comparable in quality in my opinion and would pair very well with any foods, typical of Pinot Noir. We had muahroom truffle raviolis with Bolognese sause and zuccini sides. I personally like the Zeka paired with our food better.

We are currently selling our Zeka 2018 at $55. Contact us for to discover and explore our 2018 and other award winning Pinot Noir.

Here at Zeka, our passion is to create Old World style Pinot Noir with a California flair, for our table and yours.