2025 Lytton Estate Rosé

Beautiful pale coral color with aromas of white peach and rose petal. Light and fresh on the palate with notes of strawberry, minerality and balanced acidity. SR (12/25)

A third year of above-average rainfall replenished the vines. Six picks in order of ripeness began on August 22nd with young cinsaut from Lytton East. This block brought natural acidity from the lower sugar and pH. The final rosé pick, on October 6th, was ripe mataro and grenache from young vines at Lytton West. Pure, elegant fruit flavors highlight this expression of our Estate vineyard. SR (11/25)

Our first Lytton Estate Rosé was 2016. Each year, since then, we make a rosé culled from the range of Rhône varieties and zinfandel planted throughout our Lytton Springs vineyard. Extemporaneously produced by taste, the makeup of the wine changes vintage-to-vintage. As such, each spring upon release, it offers a unique opportunity to experience an old vineyard from a fresh angle.

Rainfall: 50 inches (above normal)
Bloom: Mid-May
Weather: A long, cool summer and fall led to a later harvest.

Harvest Dates: 22 August – 6 October
Grapes: Average Brix 21.0˚
TA: 7.38 g/L
pH: 3.26
Fermentation: 100% direct-to-press whole-cluster; natural primary and secondary in stainless steel.
Aging: 3 months in 100% stainless steel

Hand-harvested, organically grown, estate grapes; whole-cluster pressed; fermented in stainless steel, followed by a full malolactic on the naturally occurring malolactic bacteria; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 41 ppm over the course of aging); pad filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions.

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