Las Jaras Wines 2022 Old Vine Rose, Mendocino County

Vineyard Notes:

• 75% Zinfandel and 23% Carignan from Gary Venturi, organic farming
• 2% Vermentino from Larry Venturi, organic farming

The Gary Venturi vineyard is in Calpella, north of Ukiah and contains head trained, dry farmed old vines. Larry’s vineyard is on the other side of the highway, and the Vermentino is a newer block.

Winemaking Notes: The Carignan for this wine was whole cluster pressed as soon as the fruit was received at the winery. This method of juice extraction gives us a savory and mineral-laden wine with a fine texture. The Zinfandel was destemmed as soon as it got to the winery, after which, the stems were added to the press with the juice. Las Jaras finds this technique generates get great red fruit character while avoiding bitter extraction. 10ppm SO2 was added, and after 24 hours of settling the juice at cellar temperature, the wine was racked for native primary fermentation. The wine matured on their lees in tank at cool temperatures where it went through native malolactic fermentation. A small amount of Vermentino was added to the blend before bottling with another small addition of SO2.

Tasting Notes: On the nose, the 2022 Las Jaras Rosé is all about savory blue tones of blueberry, boysenberry, and hibiscus. On the palate, it is packed with electric sensations of lime, green strawberry and minerality with a bone-dry finish. It is texturally very light as a result of a gentle touch.