Amista 2021 Rosé de Tres
Celebrate the warmth of spring with a gorgeous and refreshing rosé. This blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre boasts a beautiful fuchsia color and aromas of roasted strawberry, firm red plums, sugared violets and lemon glaze. Farmer's market strawberry notes are balanced by graceful acidity and a lingering finish.
68 cases made
Hand harvested
Morningsong Vineyards, Dry Creek Valley
Healdsburg, California, in the heart of Sonoma wine country
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2021
Varietal
Rhone Blend
Appellation
Dry Creek Valley
Vineyard Designation
Morningsong Vineyards
Harvest Date
September 2 & 7, 2021
Sugar
22.5, 24.1, 25.1
Acid
7.3
pH
3.18
Aging
4 months in neutral oak barrels
Bottling Date
January 14, 2022
Alcohol %
13.5
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
This Rosé is a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. It boasts a beautiful fuchsia color and has aromas of roasted strawberry, firm red plums, sugared violets, and lemon glaze. Farmer's market strawberry notes are balanced by graceful acidity and a lingering finish.
Vineyard Notes
2021 started by being a quite dry vintage. We had very little rainfall in the winter though we did have cold spring temperatures which gave us relatively normal timing for budbreak. Some mid-spring frosts occurred but we were lucky that our blocks were not affected. The most challenging part of the vintage was the very low crop set across almost all of our vineyards and blocks. The cold winter and spring led to a moderate and very nice summer with lots of foggy mornings. While the low yields were challenging in the vineyard, they led to amazingly concentrated wines with layers of depth.
Winemaker Notes
Breaking from our normal style of making pressed rosés, this one was made from a blend of saignée fractions from three of our Rhone wines: Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre. After we picked each of these lots for red wine, we saignéed (drained juice from the tank to increase the ratio of skins to remaining juice to concentrate the final red wine) a small percentage from each. This saignée fraction was a beautiful, light, crisp rosé juice. We fermented each lot separately and combined after fermentation. This wine did not go through malolactic fermentation and only saw neutral oak barrels, which preserved the bright and delicate fruit. After 4 months in barrel, we bottled.
Food Pairing Notes
This Rosé is perfect with steamed mussels and crusty French bread, or a nice beach with a bunch of friends.
Production
68 cases
