2024 Rosé of Pinot noir

2024 ROSÉ of PINOT NOIR

Tasting Notes:
Deliciously dry, this lively rosé has notes of strawberry, shortbread and possibly a touch of minerality.  Extended skin contact provided the medium color and fuller body.  The perfect wine to carry you though the year. 

Winemaking Notes:
Wanting to create a more full-bodied Rosé the fruit was gently destemmed into a small fermenter and allowed to sit on its skins for three days.  After sufficient color development and a touch of tannin building the juice was drained off and transferred to neutral French oak barrels for fermentation.  The skins were lightly pressed off and the press juice also sent to neutral French oak barrels.  Everything was inoculated with a variety of yeasts and allowed to ferment until dry and was then sulfured.  We racked the wine to tank in December where it was cold stabilized and cross-flow filtered.  The wine was sterile bottled under screw cap in January 2025.

Harvest Notes:
The 2024 growing season started with a wet January and February and a mild spring.  Bud break occurred in mid-April with bloom following on schedule in middle to end of June.  The rest of the growing season was almost ideal with moderate day time temperatures and cool nights, leading to a long, slow ripening season.  A few short heat spikes in July and August kept us on track for an October harvest.  The lovely October allowed us to stretch harvest out this year with the first grapes harvested on September 29th and our last pick October 24th.  Great flavor concentration, balanced acidity and moderate alcohols means the 2024 wines will be excellent now and into the future.

Our estate vineyard, Dunn Forest, is LIVE certified sustainable and Salmon Safe. The vineyard is hand cultivated allowing us to respond to individual vine needs.