Malbec Rosé 2022, River Stone Estate Winery

Description from the Producer

Varietal: Malbec 85%, Pinot Gris 10% Merlot 5%. 100% BC Grown
Tasting Notes: The wine is currently showing bold aromas and flavors reminiscent of strawberry, raspberries, rhubarb, and pomegranate and rose petals and has a luscious, dry, savory finish.
Food Pairing Notes: Brilliant with cheese and charcuterie on the deck in the early afternoon or have it with light grilled seafood. There is enough structure in this wine to be very food versatile or you can just enjoy it on it's own.
Winemaking: The Malbec was hand picked, and destemmed. Our Rose is made in a traditional style where we cold soak the grapes for between 24 and 48 hours and then fully press, separating the pulp from the juice. In doing so we are extracting some of the rich, dark Malbec color as well as some of the skin tannin which enhances the wines mouth feel. Then the clarified juice undergoes a cool temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The wine is further aged 3 months on the finer lees where complexity and mouth feel are developed. The 2022 vintage was then blended with 10% Pinot Gris and 5% white Merlot, back sweetened slightly, fined, filtered and bottled. The result is a beautiful, vibrantly colored Rosé.
Residual Sugar: 6.46 g/L