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We are dedicated to making dry, fruity, fun to drink pink wines styled after those made in the South of France for centuries. The fruit from our vineyards is grown and harvested specifically for this purpose. The results show in ripe, extremely drinkable rosés that strike a subtle balance of fruit flavour and crisp acidity. Most rosés are made as a by-product of the red wine-making process, bleeding off the first pressings not desirable for full-bodied red wines. This first-run or "Saignee" becomes rosé almost by accident. The taste, color and wine style vary depending on the fruit grown for red wine.
We approach rosé differently. We grow and harvest our fruit specifically for the purpose of making rosé wines. We harvest early when fruit is optimum; and when the skins are just thick enough to allow for subtle color and tanin in the wine making process. Fruit is transported to the winery and de-stemed, then pressed in a hydraulic "Basket Press" in 3-4 ton loads. The juice is immediately separated from the skins, giving the wines a pale pink, salmon or pheasant eye color. Stainlesss steel fermentation combined with oak barrel fermentation rounds out the style of each wine. |
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