Production & Technical Data:
Alcohol 13.8%
Residual Sugar less than: 0.1%

Bottling Date:
March 21, 2008

Varietal Content:
100% Roussanne, Shenandoah Valley, CA

Limited Production!!
Only 172 cases produced.

Winemaker's Notes:

Roussanne is a lesser known French varietal hailing from the northern Rhone appellations.  We received our fruit from Bellagrace vineyards in the Shenandoah Valley.  The variety is difficult to manage with irregular yields and late ripening.  We can attest to the late ripening, nearly half of our reds came in before the Roussanne.   But all good things come to those who wait, and in early October we were rewarded with beautiful fruit.  We whole cluster pressed, and fermented in a mixture of new and mature oak barrels, for a total of six months.

 This dry Roussanne is a complex wine, possessing an inherent duality.  It greets one with honeydew and dry hay upon the nose.  Leading to apple met with toast, and citrus blossom paired with butter.  In the mouth its substantial body is book ended by a crisp acidity.  The wine will compliment a variety of foods from smoked cheese, seafood, chicken, and pork.