Frenchtown Farms Sierra Foothills Rose Cecelia 2024 Reasonable Cellar and just slightly textural —

and just slightly textural — a versatile mid-weight Italian white that drinks well past the aperitif hour

the water is Kentucky limestone-filtered spring water

where some vines date to 1925

Wood-influenced notes of vanilla

this sake exudes tropical

Frenchtown Farms Sierra Foothills Rose Cecelia 2024 Reasonable Cellar and just slightly textural —Cecelia (Cara's middle name) is the Mockrishes' rose from Renaissance Vineyard in the Sierra Foothills, a co vinification of Syrah pressed onto the skins and stems of foot stomped Sauvignon Blanc. After a few days of skin contact the whole lot is pressed again, fermented in tank and aged eight months in neutral French puncheons. It drinks with the seriousness of a still wine and the joy of a great rose: wildflowers, red berries and a thread of citrus