Early Mountain Vineyards, Young Wine, Rose, 2020, 750 ml
From the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia, this rose is made from hybrid grapes Vidal Blanc and Chambourcin and has notes of fruit punch, berries, and cream (cue dancing leprechaun). A special wine as our own staff member Kevin helped make it! Read more
COUNTRY: USA
REGION: Virginia
VARIETIES: 75% Vidal Blanc and 25% Chambourcin
VINTAGE: 2020
FARMING: Natural
WINEMAKING: Ambient fermentation. Grapes from the Shenandoah Valley, where cooler temps result in higher acidity that protects the grapes through fermentation and the wine during aging. Red/white
co-fermentation, this wine was made by macerating whole berries of Chambourcin in direct pressed Vidal blanc. Because the young wines are unfiltered, wine goes through full malo, relying on the zestiness of
Shenandoah Valley fruit to keep the energy of the wine in rosé territory. The end result is deeper in
color with a bit of creaminess supporting the fruit punch fun that is this wine. Like the other young
wine bottlings, other than a small dose of sulfur dioxide at bottling, nothing was added but the
grapes.
ABV: 11%