Relish Roussanne 2018


Single-vineyard, single-varietal Rhône style white wine, perfect with shellfish, mild curry flavors and tapas dishes.

It's unusual to find a pure Roussanne as the varietal is almost always blended into other wines to add more melon and mineral core, but Bill felt that Relish was wine enough to deserve its own label..



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Beautiful aromatic notes of herbal tea and pear. The palate reveals complex honey, floral and apricot flavors and a lingering finish with a touch of minerality. A dignified nose with muted lemon aromas and a sweet, earthy component but not a hint of sweetness on the palate. The mouth shows classic Roussanne flavors of honey and tea with a hint of tropical air. Big in the mouth with a full finish. The long, clean finish shows an appealing minerality which tells us this is a fine wine to enjoy alone or with a wide variety of foods.
Roussanne vines are very responsive to sunlight but are delicate and cannot produce premium grapes if conditions are too hot so we grow our Roussanne alongside a cold river in the middle of a sunny valley. Here it can be left to greater ripeness without losing its acidity. Roussanne has the body to take to new oak however we provide it only a small amount of new oak allowing it to still emphasize its minerality. Whole cluster pressed using native yeast it is barrel fermented in mostly neutral French oak and permitted only partial malolactic fermentation producing a delicate complex wine with soft honey, floral and white peach flavors.
Burgundy French Oak Barrels - approximately 20% new with the balance being neutral barrels.
Only 440 cases produced.
Color White
Vintage 2018
Harvest Date 3rd Oct 2018
Style White Rhone
Appellation Mendocino
Varietal Roussanne
Date Bottled 25th Apr 2019
Drinkable 2019 - 2021
Alcohol 14.20%
Bottle Size 750ml