The Grape:
50% Carignane, 30% Zinfandel & 20% Petite Sirah (2022 vintage)

The Appellation:
88% Mendocino organically grown, 10% Sonoma, California, 2% Contra Costa

The Wine:
A rendezvous with friends is all the more delicious a pleasure over a bottle of luscious chilled dry rosé, hence the name of our “Rendezvous Rosé.“
Light cranberry color, juicy strawberry-watermelon fruit aromas, nice minerality with a lift of spring flowers and fresh zest from cara-cara oranges.

Cold macerated on skins for 2 days, then 40% of Juice is bled off for color
Stored 100% in stainless steel tanks, cold-settled, cold-fermented.

Alcohol: 13% ABV

RS: 0.35%

Cases Produced: 1,512

The Winery:
Based out of an industrial park in the city of Santa Rosa, Carol Shelton started at UC Davis in 1974, and is still making excellent wines with passion ’til this day.  Carol has won Winemaker of the Year five times, has countless gold medals for her wines and was named one of eight Pioneer Women Winemakers of Sonoma County in 2005. She continues to win awards and accolades – her 2011 Wild Thing Zinfandel was included in the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2014.

With many harvests under her belt and her passion for winemaking still strong, Carol Shelton has become an iconic woman winemaker. For Carol, the best is yet to come.

◉ Carol Shelton’s Website
◉ Other Wines from this producer at E-Corp