Pinot Noir Rosé
From a secondary crop on renewed trunks
A second crop from trunks we renewed this spring, picked early and pressed whole-cluster to a pale salmon juice. Bright and lean by design, softened with malolactic.
The season in this bottle
Heat to harvest
2,714 GDD
+3% vs 30-yr average
Rain, 20 days to harvest
3.8 in
normal ≈ 2.1 in
Winter low
-18°F
colder than 93% of winters
Hot days (90°F+)
9
last spring frost May 2
Markers show where 2026 falls among the last 30 seasons at this vineyard. weather records
From the cellar
Brix at harvest17.2
MalolacticYes, to soften the acid
The site
SoilRichter · coarse-loamy
DrainageSomewhat poorly drained
Elevation646 ft
Soil from the USDA soil survey soil data
cuvaio