We announced last year that the 2019 vintage for this rosé was our last since the 2020 Pallini grapes were sold to another winery. We started looking for a replacement heritage Grenache vineyard but gave up the effort in August when smoke from the California wildfires began to cover the skies in inland Mendocino; we knew that most of red wine grapes would be lost or diminished by smoke taint. Summer weather had been hot and the grapes ripened early and we completed our harvest in early September. Several weeks later, in early October, we received a phone call from Al Tollini who has supplied Navarro with quality grapes for over three decades. Al said he had a field of Grenache, and because of its location, he was convinced it was smoke-free.

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