Winter's Hill Dry Rose of Pinot noir 2010

Deep strawberry color, classic Pinot Noir fruit flavors in a light summer wine. Scents of strawberries, herbs and floral (especially roses) notes, flavors repeat the fresh strawberry, rose petal, red raspberry, and wild strawberry essence. The wine has a lovely long, lingering finish.

Good structure and long, crisp finish make this a perfect match for salads, a cheese plate, cold cuts or barbequed chicken.

In a tasting of thirteen dry Roses of Pinot noir, this wine won the Gold. Delicious.

Winter's Hill has 21 acres of Pinot Noir planted at 1089 vines to the acre. The grapes from which the Rose is made comes from Block 1 of the vineyard planted with own rooted Pommard vines in 1990 and trained to a Scott Henry divided canopy.

The south facing vineyard slopes lie between 550 and 700 feet above sea level. The vineyard is all on Jory soil, the most sought after soil type for the growing of premium grapes. Jory is a silty clay loam desirable for balancing good water retention properties and excellent drainage.