Martha Stoumen NV 'Post Flirtation' Rose No. 5, California
Item Number: 23404
UPC: 0-764460959604
Country: USA
Region: California
Sub Region: Mendocino
Appellation/AVA: Mendocino County
Estate Grown Wine: No
Grape(s): 70% Nero d'Avola / 30% Vermentino
Type: Wine - Rose
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Gravelly loam
Case Production: 896
Martha's Notes: Our Post Flirtation wines have been described as “inter-generational crowd pleasers,” and Post Flirtation Rosé celebrates the culmination of inter-generational efforts behind the scenes, too. The vineyard source of younger-vine Nero d’Avola for this non-vintage blend is both dry farmed (non-irrigated) and employs head trained (goblet) vines. These agricultural practices are certainly not the short-cut to growing grapes commercially today (especially for rosé wines!), but the efforts produce distinctive wines full of concentration, particularly at lower alcohol, and allows the vineyard to develop slowly in order to preserve a longer lifespan. While we adore old, dry farmed vines—and will fight to keep them in the ground—it is equally important to us to seek out and support newer head trained, dry farmed plantings. Few people are still planting vineyards out this way, but these young, dry farmed vines will become the resilient, complex, and treasured old vines of future generations.
Vineyard Sources: Nero d’Avola from Bricarelli Ranch and Venturi Vineyard. Vermentino from Venturi Vineyard. Bricarelli Ranch and Venturi Vineyard are only a few miles apart, in an area with cold winters, a fleeting springtime, and dry, very warm summers. A fall day can range from 50 degrees overnight to the high 90’s during the day, preserving intense acidity and deeply ripening skins. Bricarelli Ranch is located in Ukiah, Mendocino County; head trained vines planted in 2008; dry farmed (non-irrigated) vineyard, farmed by Martha to organic principles (no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers); gravelly loam soils. Venturi Vineyard, Calpella, Mendocino County; dry-farmed (non-irrigated); certified organic; and planted on Pinole gravelly loam soils.
Tasting Notes: Whole cluster Nero d’Avola was first foot-tread for an overnight maceration on skins before pressing, then fermented and aged on its fine lees in neutral vessels. Vermentino pressed immediately and fermented separately in stainless steel prior to blending with the base Nero d’Avola rosato wine. Unfined. Filtered for stability.