Willamette Valley Vineyards – Whole Cluster Rose
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USA - OR
Willamette Valley
Wine
Rose
The Facts
UPCs 2023 (750ml) - 7 17071 91332 9
Origins USA - OR > Willamette Valley
Appellation Willamette Valley
Varietal Rose Blend
Cepage 100% Pinot Noir
Winemaking Our Whole Cluster Rosé is hand harvested in the early morning. About half of the grapes go directly to press for whole-berry pressing and the remaining amount is gently placed into a chilled tank. The soft gravity pressing created only by the weight of the clusters themselves breaks open the berry skins and releases delicate, free-run Pinot Noir juice. Initially, the color of the juice is a pale pastel pink, but after 24 hours of skin contact, a beautiful rose-hued pink juice is pulled from the tank. The remaining whole clusters are left behind in the vessel to ferment and become our Whole Cluster Pinot Noir. That pink juice is fermented cold in stainless steel tanks using yeasts which preserve and accentuate the delicate aromas. The wine was racked off its yeast lees immediately post-fermentation to maintain fresh, fruity, floral characteristics. We bottle this Whole Cluster Rosé of Pinot Noir early in the year to preserve the fresh characteristics.
Alcohol by Volume 12.9%
Annual Production 8,000 cases
Markets California
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The Character
Overall Fragrant and Refreshing
Aromas cherries, blood orange, hibiscus flowers, and crushed herbs
Mouthfeel dry to off-dry
Tasting Notes Medium pink in color, the nose offers fragrant and bright aromas of ripe cherries, blood orange, hibiscus flowers, and crushed herbs, lending to a fruity and refreshing Rosé. The palate is dry to off-dry, and the alcohol and body are balanced. Flavors of fresh-cut watermelon, cherry blossoms and ripe strawberries gather on the palate. Refreshing acidity creates an energetic finish that carries long beyond the sip.
Selling Point Aromatic, Fruit- forward and complex Rose.
Pairings summer strawberry salad, Gouda cheese board, grilled pork loin or lemon herb salmon
Sustainability Sustainable In Practice
The Story
Fermented from free run juice that bursts from uncrushed Pinot Noir clusters, we believe this Whole Cluster process acheives lovely color, aroma and flavor in rose. These vines were tended by hand and cluster thinned to increase flavor intensity.
About Willamette Valley Vineyards
Producer Story
Founded in 1983 by Oregon native Jim Bernau with the dream of creating world-class Pinot Noir. Jim cleared
away an old pioneer plum orchard in the Salem Hills and watered the vines by hand using 17 lengths of
garden hose to get the grapelings through their first summer. Willamette Valley Vineyards has grown from
a bold idea into one of the region’s leading wineries, earning the title “One of America’s Great Pinot Noir
Producers” from Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
Producer Story
Founded in 1983 by Oregon native Jim Bernau with the dream of creating world-class Pinot Noir. Jim cleared
away an old pioneer plum orchard in the Salem Hills and watered the vines by hand using 17 lengths of
garden hose to get the grapelings through their first summer. Willamette Valley Vineyards has grown from
a bold idea into one of the region’s leading wineries, earning the title “One of America’s Great Pinot Noir
Producers” from Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
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