Durant Vineyards 2015 Ava Lucia Pinot Noir Rosé, Dundee Hills, $25
The Durant family has sold fruit from its Red Ridge farm for decades to a number of talented Oregon winemakers, and they work with renowned Joe Dobbes in the valley below their Dundee Hills estate for this pink. Harvest of the 9-year-old Pommard clones, cropped at 3 tons per acres, came Sept. 24 at 23.8 Brix. Dobbes turned those berries into a rosé of light cranberry in color with aromas of strawberry-rhubarb compote, cherry, lemon custard and facial powder. It’s a clean and bright drink of racy red fruit flavors reminiscent of cranberry, cherry and rhubarb pie. Blueberries in the finish give it a dry finish to pair deliciously with a charcuterie and cheese plate, alder-planked salmon and kebabs off the grill.
Rating: Excellent
Production: 520 cases
Alcohol: 12.9%
Caroline C says
Isn’t Rose Day the second weekend in June every year? When did it become August 14th?
http://winefolly.com/update/national-wine-day/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/garywalther/2016/06/03/national-rose-day-is-upon-us-five-classic-roses-to-buy-for-june-11/#155219845f3f
http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-rose-day-second-saturday-in-june/
Andy Perdue says
Caroline,
Apparently, rosé is so important that it has a national day and an international day.
http://www.winegeeks.com/articles/52
Rose day Images says
Awesome :)