Lone Birch Rosé
WHY WE LOVE IT
- 100% Estate grown.
- A refreshing Rosé that pleases the palate with a round mouthfeel and delicate flavors of strawberry, raspberry, and floral notes.
- This wine is handcrafted in a balanced, approachable style that showcases the quality of fruit from Washington State.
- Vegan friendly.
- Enjoy fresh, but it also has the ability to be cellared for many years to come.
Varietal: 100% Syrah
Elaboration: The Syrah block selected for this wine displayed bright red fruit flavors along with balanced acidity. Once harvested, the grapes were sent to the press to extract just the right amount of color, the goal is to create a Provence Style Rosé, with a salmon like color to the finished product. After pressing, the juice was cold settled for 72 hours before being racked off its solids to begin fermentation. Inoculated with a special rosé yeast strain, the wine was fermented in stainless steel tanks at a cool temperature of 58 degrees. The cooler temperature ferment allows the wine’s fresh red fruit aromas to really be showcased in the wine. Fermented for 24 days before seizing the fermentation process with only a touch a of natural residual sugar. Leaving just a bit of residual sugar helps balance the wine’s natural acidity to create a wonderfully rounded and balanced wine. After fermentation, the wine’s lees were stirred for one month to help build roundness in the wine. The wine was then stabilized, filtered, and prepped for bottling.
Tasting Notes: Lone Birch Rosé is a refreshing, light-bodied, and delightful wine displaying bright aromas of fresh cherry, raspberry jam, watermelons, and a zest of kiwi. The palate continues to be generous with bright f lavors of candied strawberries, pomegranate, and red licorice. The wine finishes off with impeccably balanced acidity and just a touch of natural residual sugar, exiting the palate with a crisp, clean finish.
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
In the shadow of the Rattlesnake Mountains stands the 70-year-old Lone Birch Tree, providing shade to vineyard workers, a landmark to travelers, and inspiration to generations of descendants of Howard Miller, entrepreneur, successful realtor, and visionary. Miller, a nature lover and steward of the land in the Yakima Valley, planted the tree to inspire future generations to care for the environment, shrink the carbon footprint, make sustainability a goal of the farm, and provide a source of pride and living for generations of his family. In addition, his dedicated efforts led to the region’s wine growers’ ability to access high mountain water through the creation of the Roza Irrigation Canal.
Throughout the family’s connection to wine production, diversification of crops led Don Miller, Howard’s son, to implement the use of row crops as the family experimented with growing Riesling, Gewürztraminer, and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. Following in Don’s footsteps, Mike founded the Airfield Estate Winery, now the home of Lone Birch Wines. Grown on over 1,100 acres with a wide palette of fruit, Lone Birch Wines, located in Sunnyside, Washington, prides itself on limited production, high quality, and good value for its patrons.