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Wine Details
Price:
$18.00 per bottle
Description:
The grapes for our food-friendly Blockheadia Rose were grown and picked exclusively to make Rose, resulting in a wine that is full of bright fruit flavors and lower alcohol. Primarily Cinsault and Mourverde with a fraction of Grenache and Syrah, the grapes were macerated from six to twenty four hours and then pressed. Ripe strawberry and dried cherries flavors are well supported by an absolutely dry and crisp finish of orange peel. Consistent with the “All-Tank” moniker, this wine never touches oak allowing for the purest extraction of fruit and mineral.
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Varietal Definition
Cinsaut/Cinsault:
Semi-classic grape widely grown in southern France and also in the Lebanon. Used as component in some Cotes du Rhone red wine blends. Transplanted to South Africa, where it was erroneously thought to be a Rhone Hermitage grape, and now a widely grown varietal making a popular red wine in that country, it is also often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. It has also been used to create the hybrid grape species known as Pinotage.
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Mourvedre:
As long as the weather is warm, Mourvedre ably tolerates a wide variety of soils. It is popular across the south of France, especially in Provence, where it is responsible for the greatness of Bandol, and many a fine red Cotes-du-Rhone. It is often blended in Chateauneuf-du-Pape; Languedoc makes it as a varietal. Spain uses it in many areas, including Valencia. In the United States, Mourvedre remains a minor factor for now, pursued by a few wineries that specialize in Rhone-style wines. The wine it produces can be quite pleasing, with medium weight, spicy cherry and berry flavors and moderate tannins. It ages well.
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