From the over 80-year-old, organically and dry farmed Grenache vines of the Bartolomei Bothers Vineyard in the Mendocino Highlands (also a top source for Lioco), this is widely regarded as one of California’s finest and most authentic Rosés.
This earned a whopping 96-point score from professional wine blogger and critic Jeff Kralik, who said:
Retail $30. Very light in the glass with another incredible nose of small red berry fruit, guava, and passion fruit. The palate, again, is fantastic bright, fruity and tart. Outstanding. 96 Points.
It was his top wine at the “World’s Largest Blind Tasting of True Rosés.”
Decanter loved it, too, saying:
Delicate and pretty, showing cherry blossoms and jasmine with a hint of sea spray and crunchy Rainier cherry with plenty of mid-palate weight and grip to lend complexity. This is a fun rosé infused with a saline-mineral quality, brightness and verve that makes it a splendid summertime quaffer with anything you can think of, from oysters to burgers.
