Rosé all day!
Vineyard Notes: Wilson Vineyard, Clarksburg. The Wilson’s are 3rd generation farmers in Clarksburg, originally supplying sugar beets to the old sugar mill. They started planting grapes in the 1970s. Our Valdiguié comes from Wilson Vineyard’s Block 20 on Courtland Rd between Elk & Prospect Sloughs. The grapes were planted in 1994 and the vineyard is organically farmed.
Cellar Notes: Three tons of fruit were hand-harvested in the early morning & back to the winery by 10am. We destemmed 2 tons into the press & let the juice sit on the skins for 40 minutes before pressing. The remaining 1 ton was foot-treaded in the picking bins, then left to macerate overnight. It was pressed & blended into the juice from the previous day in the morning. Wine fermented and aged in stainless steel to preserve the fruity and acidic notes.
Tasting Notes: A deliciously aromatic wine, with peach, guava & lavender aromas following one on another. In the mouth, the flavors run together into a great melange of fruits & flowers, with a slightly saline underpinning.