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2007 Pink
Fiddle will be released and shipped February
11
Click here
for details on Pinkie’s Release Party
on February 9th!
Check
out the photos
from Pinkie’s Party here!
KATHY’S CORNER
Oh la la! Perhaps the best one yet! Certainly
vintage driven. Most will agree that 2007
in the Sta. Rita Hills was quite stupendous,
to say the least, and marked by low yields
and concentrated wines. I make this wine
because it’s what “we”
like to drink. It’s easy, always enjoyable
and delivers pure pleasure to the palate.
This 2007 vintage is 100% Fiddlestix and
truly shows the vineyard in all its glory.
Not made by saignée, this is a true
rosé that even the manliest of men
can be proud to drink. The strawberry color
is obviously enticing, but there is more!
It’s dry for the serious, a little
zany for the adventuresome, and celebratory
for all those romantics out there. A perfect
way to toast the vintage just ended, the
vintage just beginning and Valentine’s
Day just around the corner!
Cheers and visit
www.drinkpinkwine.com!
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THE VINEYARDS
& VINTAGE
• 100% Fiddlestix,
100% Sta. Rita Hills, 100% Estate-owned
pinot noir.
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Lovingly grown, low-cropped, nurtured and
hand-sorted with the same attention to detail
as the entire vineyard and as every lot
of grapes; in other words, fashioned as
if it were destined for our high end “Doyle”
bottling. We spare no expense for Pinkie!
• Hand Harvested at night
in the wee hours of October 4, 2007.
• 100% Pommard clone, from the later
ripening vineyard block 1A that always benefits
from that extra hang time.
• In 2007, picking at Fiddlestix
commenced on September 11th and ended with
“Pinkie” on October 4th. Crops
were unusually small (2 tons/acre max!)
due to drought conditions and bud damage
resulting from a winter frost. Quality is
arguably the best in the history of Fiddlestix.
 THE
WINE
• Think Pink! Gorgeous,
enticing, rosy hue, lively wild strawberry
aromatics with a hint of nutmeg spice. Crisp
and zingy textures perk the palate with
more guts than you ever expected. Pink Fiddle
satisfies with an essence of guava, pomegranate
and passion fruit!
• 100% de-stemmed, cold-soaked
at 40º F for 24 hours for delicate
extraction of color and texture; lightly-pressed
and cold-fermented at 50º F to complete
dryness. Non-malolactic to keep the fragrance
true to pinot noir.
• A delightful, refreshing
and perfectly easy to drink beverage
for any company, most any time of day and
for any mood from romance and celebration
to simple thirst.
• Designed from
start to finish to be a Rosé.
This is not a saignée (an early juice
bleed by–product removed from an alternate
red wine fermentation, with the intention
of concentrating the red wine, not the rosé!);
the entire Pinot Noir grape cluster is devoted
to this wine, and pressed to add desired
complexity and character.
• A much smaller than
normal production of ONLY 184
cases. Bottled in screw cap to preserve
freshness and as a reminder to enjoy it
in its youth. Serve well chilled.
• Released in time for
Valentine's Day. |
