Alex Krause earned his nickname “El Carnicero” from his many passes made through George’s old Zinfandel vines pruning out raisined, underripe, and other less-than-perfect clusters. Happily, this vineyard produces a deliciously perfumed and suave style of Zinfandel even at modest levels of ripeness, as this particular selection of the variety is very thin-skinned, with a proclivity towards mischief if looked-at askance.