The four components for the 2024 Druid’s Pink - grenache, mourve?dre, counoise and cinsault  - were grown and harvested with the intention to make this rose?. Due to varying ripening curves, for the most part these grapes were picked and fermented separately then blended together for the final wine. The mourve?dre adds body and fruit complemented by intriguing herbal characteristics. Grenache adds some weight and texture along with ample fruit. Cinsault adds bright red fruits and counoise adds acidity and almost a minerality or salinity. 

Even though these are all red grapes, the grapes were all picked at lower sugars and higher acidity than would have been the case for a red wine, and these vines were pruned and grown with rosé production in mind. Following harvest, the grapes were gently whole-cluster pressed to minimize color extraction and maintain aromatics and acidity. After settling for 24 hours, the juice was racked to neutral (approximately 10 years old) barrels for fermentation. Both primary alcoholic and secondary malolactic fermentations were spontaneous (“native”) and were completed over a roughly 6-month period. The wines stayed on their primary lees right up until they were blended in a stainless steel tank for bottling when a small amount of SO2 was added. The Druid’s Pink is bottled unfined and unfiltered.