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The 2021 Rosella’s shows elegance with five years in bottle, with deep floral tones and rich forest floor showing up on the palate, along with dark plums and wild, mixed blackberries. Savoury and structured on the palate, with energy and dusty minerality. The Rosella’s site is the northernmost of the Franscioni family sites. The northern part of the SLH tends to show blue and red berries, with ripe black cherries. This is a concentration of alluvial soils, which gives the wines a gritty tannin feel. You see larger clusters in the vineyards in the north, bigger berries, and less skin tannin. The Rosella’s blocks that go into the Clarice bottling come from blocks of Pommard and Pisoni clones, made with 67% whole cluster, which winemaker Adam Lee uses to layer nuance and elegance into the region's fruit-driven Pinot Noir.

Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Clarice Wine Co., Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Monterey County, Santa Lucia Highlands, California, USA, 2021

The 2021 Rosella’s shows elegance with five years in bottle, with deep floral tones and rich forest floor showing up on the pala

Clarice Wine Co., Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Monterey

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