Nose
Lovely & refreshing! Pretty aromas of rose petals, cherry and honeysuckle.
Palate
Flavors of tart cranberry, citrus zest and pomegranate.
Growing Conditions
Vineyard: Arena Valley Vineyard
Harvest
10/5/22
Bottling
2/24/23
Winemaking
There are several approaches to making Rosé. My personal favorite style, and the style that I strive to achieve in making ours, is dry, light, and crisp, much like the famous Provence style
rosés. Many rosés are produced as more of an afterthought, by bleeding off a little red wine (aka saignee style). These wines tend to be a bit too dark and astringent as well as a little too high alcohol to be crisp and refreshing. Our rosé is made intentionally all the way from the vineyard. We crop the vines slightly higher to push the ripening window further into the fall, in doing so we preserve a lot of acidity as well as reduce the potential for high alcohol, but we still get a ton of flavor due to the longer ripening. Once in the winery we gently whole cluster press the grapes to limit the amount color and astringency we extract and we ferment cool and long to preserve aromas and flavors. Finally we bottle ASAP to preserve as much freshness as possible.
The grapes were picked in the morning and promptly whole cluster pressed to keep color to a minimum. The juice was settled for 24 hours and racked to a fermentation tank where it was inoculated with yeast. The fermentation was slow and cool lasting 32 days at a temperature of 48-50F. After fermentation the wine was cold stabilized for 1 month, clarified with bentonite clay, filtered, and bottled.
RS: <0.6g/L (Dry)
Aging
Stainless steel fermented
