Porter Bass Estate Zinfandel Rosé Russian River Valley 2022 (750ml)

Style: Rosé Wine

Producer: Porter Bass

Grape: 100% Zinfandel

Where: Russian River Valley, California

Country: USA

Taste: Wild strawberry, raspberry, and delicate rose petal with subtle herbs. Crisp and refined with bright acidity, zesty citrus skin and gentle spice.

Organic & Biodynamically Farmed

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Founded in 2001, Porter-Bass is located nine miles from the Pacific Ocean between two ridge tops in the Russian River Valley. Owner and winemaker Luke Bass has been quietly making exceptional bottlings of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel from this Biodynamically farmed vineyard for over two decades. Originally this 100-year-old vineyard was planted to Zinfandel and Palomino. Luke’s family stated replanting the vineyard to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and rehabilitating the soils in the 1980s. Soil health and regenerative farming are at the heart of Luke’s philosophy at Porter-Bass. In the cellar, all Porter-Bass wines are fermented with indigenous yeast with as little intervention as possible. No new oak is used and only a minimal amount of SO2. Luke’s wines are fresh, lively, and express where they are from as opposed to how they are made. The Porter-Bass Rosé comes from 40-year-old head trained vines on a south-east facing slope. The grapes were hand harvested and whole cluster pressed to stainless steel tank where it was fermented with native yeast. The wine was aged in stainless steel until it was bottled un-fined and unfiltered. Porter-Bass Vineyards sits nine miles from the ocean in a saddle between two ridge tops. The Russian River swings in a gentle oxbow around these ridges allowing the fog to drift to the foot of the vineyard, cooling the vines in the summer. The forest of Redwood and Fir that surrounds the vineyard protects the vines from strong winds. The estate utilizes biodynamic and organic farming strategies to create life in the soil and renew the vineyard's vitality.