2020 | Inconnu Rose | Sierra Foothills Cote Chalonnaise with a nice structure

with a nice structure

opening out to reveal notes of baked black cherries

spice-tinged red and dark flavors show fine delineation and turn livelier with air

a fine richness and a discreetly tight grain

and is vinified in steel to preserve freshness

2020 | Inconnu Rose | Sierra Foothills Cote Chalonnaise with a nice structureProduced from Merlot grapes that would normally have gone into the Kitsune, Laura elected to harvest the grapes early to avoid the devastating smoke that would envelope the area just days later. The resulting wine turned out to be anything but a turn and burn ros destined to be drunk soon after bottling. She devoted 12 months of barrel aging to this wine which deserved so much more attention than your typical iced, early drinking ros.