2003 "Wild Thing" Walla Walla Valley Red Table Wine

Double Gold Medal, Wine Press Northwest, Winter 2005

Gold Medal, 2005 Oregon State Fair

Gold Medal, 2005 Tri-Cities Wine Festival

"Recommended!" Northwest Palate Magazine, December 2005

“An exquisite wine with superb varietal characteristics. Among the best wines in the Pacific Northwest! The Zerba’s have seen their name misspelled so often, they turn to some whimsey for this bottling and use the charicature of a smiling zebra. This is a serious wine, however, with lots of oak, blackberries, huckleberries, tar, crushed leaf, milk chocolate and black olive just in the nose. Creamy blackberries along with clove, nutmeg and vanilla show off nice integration of the oak. It models a nice, tight body with a finish of bittersweet chocolate and black pepper. The amount of oak can’t be overlooked, but it can be forgiven because the tremendous intensity of flavor defines this wine.” Wine Press Northwest, Fall 2005.

Varieties: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 18% Syrah and 2% Cabernet Franc.

Vintage: 2003

Appellation: Walla Walla Valley

Vineyards: Winesap Road and Lafore vineyards, Milton-Freewater, OR; Patina Vineyard, Walla Walla, WA

Acidity: pH, 3.74; TA 0.60

Alcohol: 14.3%

Cooperage: 18 months, American and French oak

Production: 1130 cases

Retail: $40.00