A supple, friendly rosé, with a chalky mineral thread buoying the creamy palate as it runs through jasmine, rose petal and red fruit notes. Grenache, Rolle and Cinsault. Drink now.
“Los Hombros”, the shoulders of grape bunches from vines that are 50-100+ years old whose highest potential are realized by green harvesting and leaf thinning. Stoney clay soils rich in slate and iron; initial fermentation in vertical 500 liter barrels where 60 days of maceration daily by hand followed by malolactic fermentation in large French oak barrels rotated every week for 12 months provide the wine’s breeding.
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Ranked #9 in Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2023
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