Negroamaro Rosato NV No. 4
100% Negroamaro (Solera) · Dry Farmed • Bricarelli Ranch • Mendocino County · 56 cases
Toasty aromas of aged cedar, fir tips, and prickly pear. A generous, creamy body balanced by refreshing acidity. Although this wine is fully dry, a comforting perception of sweetness lingers on the finish. Slide into slippers, grab a knit, and head to the back porch with this bottle to marvel at the setting sun through the trees.
750 ml, 12.5% ABV
Enjoy With
A Southern Spanish-inspired tapas spread–made local to you! Consider boquerones, Manchego, or a similar dry cheese. This wine doesn’t need to sit down with a large meal, but it’s food friendly.
Drink When
You’ve let the summer herbs go to seed, traded the sandals for sheepskin slippers, and you’re ready to slow down with your most cherished friends.
Martha's Notes
Our fourth non-vintage Negroamaro Rosato (NV No. 4) is a further ode to the rewards of patience and extended èlevage. This latest edition comprises a similar base blend to NV No. 3, a nearly equal split of Negroamaro Rosato from the 2020 and 2021 growing season, but through an additional 18-months in neutral oak barrique a deeper complexity is gained. The truth is, when Tim and I barrel-tasted this wine over the past year we both couldn’t overlook the beautifully aged qualities —full of cedar, spice, and acidity through a soft orange cream finish—and squirreled away just enough wine for a very limited 2024 bottling.
Specifications
Alcohol:
12.5%
Varietal:
100% Negroamaro (Solera)
Vineyard:
Bricarelli Ranch, Ukiah, Mendocino County, 16-year-old head-trained, dry farmed (non-irrigated) vineyard, farmed by us to organic principles (no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers); gravelly loam soils.
Vinification Notes:
A non-vintage rosato blend of Bricarelli Negroamaro from 2020 (55%) and 2021 (45%), fermented and aged extensively in neutral oak barrique. The 2020 vintage, noted for being extraordinarily fruitful and concentrated, was pressed directly after hand-harvesting. The 2021 vintage was first gently foot-tread and left on skins for 11 hours prior to pressing (a nod to the Italian-inspired “Vino di una notte” rosato technique we frequently employ). Leaving the grapes on skins provides extra structure to hold the strong core of acidity we naturally find at Bricarelli Ranch in Ukiah and increases the wine’s aging potential. For both vintages, the pressed juice was racked off heavy lees and then fermented and aged on fine lees in neutral oak barrique. At blending, the respective rosatos spent 24-months (2020) and 12-months (2021) months in barrel on fine lees and were then racked and blended together as a 5-barrel cuvée for an additional 6-months in neutral oak barrique before bottling (NV No. 3), and a total of 23-months in barrel for the multi-vintage NV No. 4 selection. Unfined. Lightly Filtered.
Serving Temp:
Cool // 45-55°F (7-13°C) // Take this bottle out of your fridge ~20 minutes prior to enjoying.
At Bottling:
(July 2024): 12.5% alc/vol · Free SO2 5 mg/L, Total SO2 40 mg/L · Less than 1 g/L sugar (dry) · All wines are vegan
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