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The Ojai Vineyard California Rosé, 2023

The Ojai Vineyard California Rosé, 2023

Grenache, Carignane, Paseante Noir, Teroldego, Mencia

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"The 2023 Rose is terrific, with beautiful savory strawberry and dried herb notes in a medium-bodied, clean, round, wonderfully textured style. It’s crisp and vibrant yet textured and incredibly pleasurable."

Jeb Dunnuck

VINTAGE & WINEMAKING:

The majority of this 2023 bottling is Grenache and Carignane from the Santa Ynez Valley, plus estate grown Paseante Noir, Teroldego and Mencia from the Los Alamos area, and a smidge of mixed whites. Our approach with Rosé is uncompromising: only fruit grown to be Rosé is used and it’s whole-cluster pressed to ferment in neutral French oak barrels. It stays on its lees until bottling and goes most of the way through malolactic fermentation. This ensures a refreshing and food-friendly feel, but with the textural richness and complexity that barrel aging provides.

TASTING NOTE:

This 2023 Rosé excites us not only because it came from a truly dream vintage. This bottling also marks a deeper exploration of southern varieties that can thrive in our Mediterranean climate. For years our rosé was based largely on Roll Ranch Syrah. This bottling is based on Grenache, along with other interesting grapes like Carignane, Teroldego, and Mencia.

It’s still very much a classic Ojai Vineyard rosé—pale, brisk, and bursting with fragrance. It pulls you in with scents of strawberry cream, orchard blossoms, peaches, and chalky minerality. A lot of that carries over to the palate, which is creamy upfront and rich with fruit. You find creamy strawberry and raspberry, along with warm-hued stone fruits like peach and yellow cherry. Tangy citrus and guava notes build in the back half along with minerals and leesy notes of pastry.

 It’s a perfect a la carte evening-starter, but it’s super food-friendly—great with tacos (especially al pastor), shellfish, or spicy noodle dishes.

 

 

Notes from the winery on 2021 vintage

TASTING NOTE

In this bottling you’ll find enticing aromas of flowers, citrus peel and chalk, with a subtle tropicality that gives hints of guava and passionfruit. You find some of that tropical kick mingling with yellow cherries, fine mineral grit and a touch of lees-y pastry flavors.

GRACEFUL FRUITY FLORAL

We couldn’t be happier about releasing this 2021 Rosé! It’s our first product of a terrific vintage, and our first release that includes some of our organically-farmed estate fruit, the UC Davis hybrid varietals that were developed for regions like ours. Those vines were a small component in the blend, but we’re excited about the mineral verve that they brought to the table.

The majority of this release is Syrah from Upper Ojai, then a third Carignane from the Santa Ynez Valley, plus some Paseante Noir (the new UC Davis varietal) and a smidge of dry Riesling. Our approach with Rosé is uncompromising: only fruit grown to be Rosé is used and it’s whole-cluster pressed to ferment in neutral French oak barrels. This ensures a refreshing and food-friendly feel, but with the textural richness and complexity that barrel aging provides.

It’s friendly as can be to drink by itself, but it’s super versatile with food (we recommend Korean BBQ wings or Jerk Shrimp).

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