2023 Los Angeles River Wine Company Lopez Rosé Bairrada Generally 50% Chardonnay

Generally 50% Chardonnay

100% Braucol aka Fer Servadou from a parcel planted in soils rich with clay

this marvelous site has shaped our expectations for what fine wines from the Nahe can achieve

The palate is very well-balanced and precise but stricter than the regular cuvée

a church which Rita & Rudi describe as the former “spiritual center of the region

2023 Los Angeles River Wine Company Lopez Rosé Bairrada Generally 50% ChardonnayThis is from the same wonderful vineyard as our Lopez Red, Zinfandel planted in 1918. We harvested this fruit early in harvest, only a few days after the Palomino, always with the intention of making white wine or at least, a light and pale ros. I am convinced that in warm regions like this, Blanc de Noir wines are the perfect way to make light and refreshing wines. Even warm climate white varieties are not necessary. The fruit was foot stomped then