2019 Cruse Wine Co Demo Series Traditional Method Valdiguie Sparkling Rose Alentejo 000 bottles per year

000 bottles per year

Winemaking in “lagar” with foot treading

Vinification – Cruz del Mar Oloroso is produced exclusively with palomino grapes grown by César’s family in the Balbaína and Miraflores pagos (vineyards)

Vineyard: mostly planted in 1940

it was pressed with stems back into stainless tanks

2019 Cruse Wine Co Demo Series Traditional Method Valdiguie Sparkling Rose Alentejo 000 bottles per yearOrganic. Valdigui (Napa Gamay) from Terry Wilsons Rancho Chimiles vineyard in Wooden Valley, Napa Valley AVA. A cooler region in south Napa, nestled against the Vacas mountains. Persistent mid morning fog prevents extreme temperatures. Vines are 40+ years old. There is no tillage in the vineyard with a permanent cover crop on silt loam soils. We often make the Valdigui from Rancho Chimiles as a pt nat, but conditions in 2019 allowed us to experiment.