Soter Vineyards Rose 05: From the winery:
A dry, lively blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, is gorgeous. It has a distinct savor of pink grapefruit flesh, married with passionfruit, red cherries, and white roses. Beautifully expressive and pure, this will be the darling of your summer dinner parties, not to mention many a sultry weeknight. So easy to drink, so satisfying.
Full of fresh floral and bright red fruit aromas, our rosé of Pinot Noir is weighty and succulent, perfect for a summer afternoon garden party. Enjoy it with dishes such as a salad of endives, goat cheese, and beets, or Provençal fare, such as game hens grilled with herbes de Provence and brushed with olive oil and fresh garlic. As it is with all of our wines, salmon is also a friend of Soter rosé.
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Detailed Info, Previous Vintage Notes, Reviews:
From the winery:
Soter Vineyards rosé begins life in our Beacon Hill Estate vineyard, where it is farmed with the same meticulous attention to detail and low yields as all of our wines. Select lots of Pinot Noir are given a gentle whole-cluster pressing and then quickly taken off of the skins, and soon they are fermented in neutral oak and stainless steel barrels. After approximately 4 months of aging, the wine has excellent clarity and purity, and is ready for bottling with a slight addition of spicy, fruity red Pinot Noir to add color and even more flavor dimension. Many rosés in the marketplace are created simply as a byproduct of red wine production, bled from fermentation tanks in often-dilute vintages. Not so at Soter Vineyards, where we specifically set out to produce rosé from whole clusters, crafting it with care, simply because we love it.
Seize the day; seize the rosé.
Will Soter rosé age? It will likely hold up 3 or so years in the bottle, but we firmly believe that our rosé is best enjoyed in its effusive and fruity youth, within a year from its harvest. We like to say that our rosé's purpose in life is generally served by the time it sees its first Thanksgiving.
