We have just decided on our new label for the latest addition to our wine offerings. But wait......there is a story to go with it!
As some of you already know......we graft all of our own vines that go into the ground here at Coeur de Terre Vineyard. A few years back (4 to be exact...does that then make it several years?) I became very excited to plant a Syrah block on our property. This block would go into the ground above our upper outbuilding where the slope is due South facing, very rocky and extremely HOT during the summer due to the location above the upper metal outbuilding. Scott laughed at me stating that Syrah would never ripen here....."we are in the business of Pinot Noir, why do you want to plant a varietal that CA and several countries are growing/making well and inexpensively" it went on and on. Finally he humored me and we headed over to The Green's who own Deux Vert Vineyard one spring and cleaned up their vineyard floor after they finished pruning one of their Syrah blocks. Along with the Syrah we also picked up some Viognier...every good Syrah has a little Viognier blended in. And so the process went. We grafted, created, planted and tended these vines for several? years. Well...last year....2009 Vintage....our Syrah/Viognier block came on line. We were able to pull a little bit of fruit.
Oh what to do with a cool climate Syrah.
Scott couldn't help himself, he decided to make a TRUE Rose'. This wine is a fine blend of Syrah (not all..we are still making a Syrah bottling), Viognier, Riesling, Pinot Gris and a little bit of Oregon Pinot Noir. Ahhhhh the color. A beautiful Rustic Pink. And oh how it dances on the palate! Yummmmmmmy!
Since this is the very first Rose' we have made, we needed to come up with a new label/package etc. Above is what we have decided upon, cream color label with the natural cork/logo. For those of you interested in enjoying some of our Rose'....come to the winery Memorial Day Weekend and we will be serving it along with all of our other Spring Releases.
Cheers! And stay tuned for the true Cool Climate Syrah coming to you at a later date!
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