This is the seventh vintage that we've produced Pinot Noir Rosé from estate grown grapes. It took a harvest or two to discover that the best Navarro Pinot Noir field for rosé is the C Block in our Hammer Olsen vineyard which was planted in 1990. We've been anxious to expand production as this rosé has become an all-year hit at our house, from summer salmon to holiday ham. For the last several years we've been making small quantities of rosé wines from various Pinot blocks to establish which field produces wine which harmonizes with the juice produced by the C Block. After a few years we discovered that Block 1 in our recently planted Pennyroyal Vineyards perfectly complements the established C Block fruit. Although the rose-petal aromas are quite similar in the wines produced from the two vineyard sites, the C Block fruit hints of strawberry whereas the Block 1 wine brings to mind red cherry; the sum producing a better and more complex wine.

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