Post Flirtation Rose

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

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