{"product_id":"llewelyn-sorry-somehow-rose-california-2025","title":"Llewelyn \"Sorry Somehow\" Rose California 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eNotes from \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethe winemaker Pete Bloomberg :\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach year I get a little better at timing. I want wines to reverberate with the season of their release, but I also don't want them to feel forced and molded by crass commercialization. Hopefully this is a poignant but balanced one for the summer. This is 50% short maceration (24-hour) rose of Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir and 50% long infusion (90% juice, 10% skins) Sauvignon Blanc from Redwood Valley in Mendocino.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy close friend and organic farming guru David grows the Pinot Noir in Petaluma. For the real heads, this is up on Lakeville Highway, a mile or so up from Sears Point, very much\u003cbr\u003einfluenced by the Gap and San Pablo Bay. From the high points you can see the shadows of Bay Area bridges. The SB is from the oak woodlands on the north side of\u003cbr\u003eRedwood Valley, from Upton Vineyard. It came in pretty lean and wanting to coax out more aromatics from a sort of Sancerre-feeling site, I pressed the majority of the grapes and floated a small amount of skins on top until dry. Both wines were then blended and moved into large-format puncheons until bottling in the spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery lithe and nimble, but with enough fruit presence and texture to make it worthy of\u003cbr\u003ethe table. Summery without being too on the nose, and enough character to avoid the\u003cbr\u003erealm of innocuous acid water roses. I recently enjoyed a bottle at the snowmelt-fed\u003cbr\u003eLyell Fork in Tuolumne Meadows, at Edwards Crossing on the Yuba River, and in a pool\u003cbr\u003eat a friend's grandparents' second home in Palm Springs. This is a wine certified for\u003cbr\u003eaquatic recreation, be it naturally occurring or man-made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etl;dr: Rose of Pinot Noir and macerated Sauvignon Blanc. Electric and spritely.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpa water, pink grapefruit, preserved lemon, ideally enjoyed in high-altitude\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erivers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TERRESTRIAL 4CS 3PM","offers":[{"title":"Rosé","offer_id":49276254421227,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vwm.wine\/products\/llewelyn-sorry-somehow-rose-california-2025","provider":"Vanderbilt Ave Wine Merchants | 573 Vanderbilt Ave | Brooklyn NY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}