A wine that might be confused with a Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, the 2016 Zinfandel Mead Ranch hails from a site on Atlas Peak that's frequently clouded in fog. Wafting from the glass with aromas of ripe cherries, dark spices and rose petals, it's full-bodied, ample, and quite open-knit, with a giving profile despite the underlying chassis of firm mountain tannins that its generous core of fruit largely conceals. Passalacqua contends that this site's high levels of malic acid—and correspondingly high levels of lactic acid—account for its creamy mid-palate.