This wine is made from only five barrels. The juice is removed during fermentation, and the alcoholic fermentation is completed using half stainless steel tanks and half French barrels, and then aged for 34 months. It has aromas of passion fruit, guava, yellow peach and citrus. It is well ripe and has a spicy fruitiness and a refreshing feeling, with a long, clean, dry finish.
Vintage Information
In 2022, ideal weather continued from the start of the growing season until early summer. Due to a heat wave from late August, the harvest was about a month earlier than usual, but producers predict that "2022 will be a memorable vintage with great concentration and complexity." (Excerpt from the California Wine Association's Harvest Report)
Technical information
During the fermentation of Syrah (which will become the Alex Blend) in an open-top fermentation tank, the wine to be made into rosé is removed immediately after the start of fermentation a few days later, and the fermentation is completed in stainless steel tanks (which preserve the fresh fruitiness) and oak barrels that have been used for several years (which do not impart the aroma of oak, but the moderate contact with oxygen gives the wine a mellowness), and the wine is then aged for 3 to 4 months. (The ratio of stainless steel to barrels changes every year, but is roughly half and half.)
Tasting Comments
Transparent ruby color. Aromas of the delicate flowers of heather covering the Scottish moors, rose petals, white pepper, and shale. Fresh raspberry and cherry fruit flavors with minerality, a firm body, powerful, energetic, and satisfying wine.
Vintage: 2022
Capacity: 750ml
Type: Rosé
Taste: Full-bodied
Main variety: 100% Syrah
Country of Origin: America
Region Name: California
AVA: Napa Valley
Winemaker: Josh Widaman
Vinification: The wine is removed a few days after fermentation begins using the saignée method. Fermentation is completed in stainless steel tanks and barrels used for several years.
Aging: Aged 3-4 months in stainless steel tanks and barrels used for several years
Cap: Cork
Alcohol content: 14.5%