2019 Domaine Collotte Marsannay Rosé, Burgundy FranceProducing lower yields, more selection before and at harvest, de stemmed fruit, and for us he bottles everything unfiltered. His Bourgogne parcel was planted in 1947 and there are 5 parcels of 50+ year old vines in his super value Marsannay VV. Indeed all of the Marsannay single vineyard cuvees are old vines. Tillage is all done by plowing, no chemical weed killers ever used, and the philosophy is that a lot of work done in the vines promotes healthy

the alcoholic fermentation takes place at 18°C for 35 days

The focus in fermentation was to build enough structure for a very versatile food wine but also to emphasize the exuberant and delicious elements of each grape

Ovum’s work is among the most compelling white winemaking we have encountered in our search throughout the Pacific Northwest

Malolactic fermentation (native bacteria)

and no chemicals are used

the wine underwent malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels

so they leave the vineyard name off the label

lightly dressed salads

All work is carried out manually

with significant diurnal-nocturnal temperature differences

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The tall walls create a micro-climate that encourages early growth and ripening