Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation Rose, California, USA NV

$30.00

53% Carignan, 47% Colombard

Sourced from the Ricetti Vineyard (Redwood Valley, Mendocino County)
Planted in 1948
Gravelly loam soils
Direct-to-press Colombard was settled overnight and then racked off gross juice lees into a stainless steel tank
Carignan harvested a few days later, whole clusters were loaded into the press, briefly tumbled, and then left to macerate on skins overnight before pressing the following morning
The pressed Carignan juice was then racked into the just-fermenting Colombard tank to begin co-fermentation
100% native yeast; fermented completely dry and racked off heavier lees at the end of fermentation
Aged in neutral vessels for 6 months before bottling
Unfined and unfiltered (sediment expected)
Free SO2 < 2 mg/L (Total SO2 10 mg/L)
729 cases produced
12% abv