This is our second release of our 2016 brut rosé. This wine was aged for an additional five years on cork in our cellars in addition to 48 months on lees.
Our 2016 Block House Vineyard Brut Rosé offers a delicate combination of aromatic precision is made from 100% organic Pinot Noir. The copper pink tones and silver highlights combine with the intense depth of a great red wine, with bubbles fine as velvet. The Napa Valley Pinot Noir creates a richness and elegance to this traditional method sparkling wine that is made into a rosé with the addition of 4% still Pinot Noir. On the nose, red cherry and almond blossom, strawberry, Chinese five spice, and chalky mineral tones. On the palate this wine is both powerful and subtle, with citrus notes, spiced orange, cherry compote and ginger cake. This is a distinctive sparkling rosé that is a pure expression of Pinot Noir grown on volcanic soil, and has the potential to develop with additional aging through 2035.
Champagne-method Brut rosé from 100% organic Pinot Noir, sourced from a single vineyard in Napa Valley
The Pinot Noir for the 2016 Foundation Brut Rosé is sourced from Block House Vineyard, centered in the heart of Napa Valley. Hailing from the Yountville AVA, Block House Vineyard was originally planted in 1836 by George C. Yount after receiving the Rancho Caymus land grant from General Vallejo. The name Block House stems from George C. Yount’s first Kentucky-style defense outpost in the frontier west of the Mississippi River. This vineyard is thought to be amongst the oldest in all of Napa Valley. The eastern portion of the Yountville AVA is comprised of multiple alluvial bands of both sedimentary soils and clays as well as riddled with volcanic outcrops. With its close proximity to the San Pablo Bay, Block House Vineyard is a relative cool growing region, often times blanketed with cold wet air until the early afternoon; this cool climate allows sufficient hang time for our Brut Rosé.
