MarthaStoumenPostFlirtationRose,California,USANV

<p>53% Carignan, 47% Colombard</p><ul><li>Sourced from the Ricetti Vineyard (Redwood Valley, Mendocino County) </li><li>Planted in 1948</li><li>Gravelly loam soils</li><li>Direct-to-press Colombard was settled overnight and then racked off gross juice lees into a stainless steel tank</li><li>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</li><li>The pressed Carignan juice was then racked into the just-fermenting Colombard tank to begin co-fermentation</li><li>100% native yeast; fermented completely dry and racked off heavier lees at the end of fermentation</li><li>Aged in neutral vessels for 6 months before bottling</li><li>Unfined and unfiltered (sediment expected)</li><li>Free SO2 < 2="" mg/l="" (total="" so2="" 10=""></li><li>729 cases produced</li><li>12% abv</li></ul>