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Wine Information
Vintage 2016
“The rst time I had an elegant dry rosé wine was on a simple yet romantic picnic in Provence twenty ve years ago. Local cheese, bread, fruit, the fabulous, dramatic scenery and that Provençal wine with its delicate salmon pink color, crisp acidity and oral aromas forever linked in my mind rosé wines and al fresco dining with romance,” explains winemaker Kathleen Inman. In 2004, she harvested Olivet Grange Pinot Noir on September 1st, which was her 20th wedding anniversary. To celebrate and mark the occasion, she made a special rosé - “Endless Crush.”
Some rosés are made as a by-product of red wine by bleeding o (saigner) some of the juice early in the production process to create a higher ratio of skin to juice, which will concentrate the resultant red wine. Endless Crush was not made in this manner. The intention from the start was to create a rosé separate from our Pinot Noir. Rosés made intentionally, rather than simply by drawing o the free run juice, tend to have greater complexity and structure because the entire grape is used.
This 2016 vintage of Endless Crush was made entirely from our organically grown Olivet Grange fruit; like that rst rosé she enjoyed in France, this wine is a beautiful, pale, delicate pink and is crisp and refreshing.
Appellation: Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Fruit Source: Olivet Grange Vineyard
Tasting Notes
Color: Pale pink
Aroma: Wild strawberry, watermelon, honeysuckle, guava, ruby grapefruit zest Flavor: Strawberry, mineral, blood orange, watermelon rind
Winemaker Notes
The fruit was harvested by hand at night, and was destemmed and left to cold soak in half-ton macro bins for a few hours. The fruit was then moved to a Diemme press and pressed on a delicate white wine cycle. The juice was moved to tank for cold settling, racked and then inoculated for primary fermentation using a Provençal yeast strain. It aged in stainless steel on the lees until it was prepared for bottling. After cross- ow ltration, the wine was bottled under Stelvin closure.
Vuosikerta 2016
A near-perfect growing season
The near-perfect 2016 growing season started early, saw ideal weather conditions throughout and wrapped up as the valley's first significant fall rainstorm arrived on October 14. Thanks to a relatively steady and mild July and August and then a series of warm days at the end of the growing season, vineyards were able to progress to perfect ripeness. Wines from the 2016 vintage are now quietly developing in cellars throughout Napa Valley and vintners are pinching themselves and smiling for the gift it appears Mother Nature has given them: a fifth consecutive vintage of stellar quality Napa Valley wines.