Fres-co Primitivo 2020, a natural red wine from California, highlighting the bold character of the Primitivo varietal
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Fres-co Primitivo 2020

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Tasting notes

This is Primitivo, the Italian clone of Zinfandel, grown on own-rooted, dry-farmed vines in Kenwood on Los Robles gravelly clay loam, and it shows in the glass: red cherry and raspberry rather than jam, with a firm but approachable tannic structure and lively acidity that keeps it honest. It is the flagship wine of the Fres.co lineup, and the combination of no-spray farming by Ross Cannard and native-yeast, no-additive winemaking by Jack Sporer produces a Zinfandel that is specific to its site rather than generically Californian.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
RaspberryRed CherryBlackberryBlack Pepper
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Primitivo (Zinfandel)
Farming:Organic
Vintage:2020
Alcohol:N/A
Country:United States
Region:Sonoma Valley
Appellation:Sonoma Valley AVA
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Fres-co

Jack Sporer launched Fres.co (formally Fresh Wine Company) in 2019 in Sonoma Valley. He grew up in Sonoma, studied biology at Providence College, then returned in 2012 to work his first harvest. He subsequently worked harvests in France, Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, and staged at California wineries including Williams-Selyem, Bedrock Wine Co., and Chappellet before taking over and operating Magnolia Wine Services, a cooperative custom crush facility in the town of Sonoma.

Fres.co sources exclusively from organically and regeneratively farmed vineyards in Sonoma Valley. The label works directly with growers to transition vineyards away from synthetic inputs, sharing costs and risks with farmers during the conversion process. Farming practices across Fres.co's sourced vineyards include dry farming, no-till, no-spray viticulture, and in some cases rotational sheep grazing for soil health. The grower's name appears on the back label of every Fres.co bottle.

All Fres.co wines are fermented with native ambient yeast, without commercial yeast, enzymes, or other fermentation aids. Finished wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered, without cold stabilization. A small dose of sulfur dioxide, generally around 30 ppm, is added solely at bottling. Grapes are hand-harvested and handled without pumping. Wines are made at Magnolia Wine Services in Sonoma, the low-intervention wine collective Sporer owns and operates.

Wine region

Sonoma Valley, United States

Sonoma Valley was designated California's second AVA in 1981. The valley runs roughly 17 miles from the town of Sonoma in the south to Santa Rosa in the north, flanked by the Mayacamas Mountains to the east and Sonoma Mountains to the west. The hamlet of Kenwood, where Benguerel Family Vineyard sits, is in the northern portion of the valley where the Russian River watershed begins and afternoon Pacific fog and wind cool the growing season considerably. Soils across Sonoma Valley are highly varied, including volcanic basalt, clay, alluvial loam, and rocky benchland; the Benguerel site specifically sits on Los Robles series gravelly clay loam.

Zinfandel has deep roots in Sonoma Valley, with some plantings dating to the mid-1800s. The grape thrives in the warmer interior sections of the valley, and Sonoma Valley has long been home to producers committed to dry-farming and low-input viticulture. The broader Sonoma Valley AVA contains five sub-AVAs: Sonoma Valley, Los Carneros, Sonoma Mountain, Bennett Valley, and Moon Mountain. The region's long history of organic and regenerative viticulture, championed by figures including Phil Coturri and Bob Cannard, has made it one of California's most active zones for low-intervention farming and natural winemaking.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

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If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

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Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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