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Moonland Sparkling Rose (2022)

VARIETAL
Carignan

NOTES

With his new beyond-wine project, Moonland, Jason is showing that apples and pears may have an exciting role to play in the future of an industry combatting wildfires, drought and other realities of climate change. The 2022 Sparkling Rosé is the inaugural wine release under the Moonland label.

VINEYARD: Hawkeye Ranch in Redwood Valley was planted in the early 1900s through the 1940s and is located in the upper reaches of the Russian River drainage in Mendocino County, sitting at 722 feet elevation. The nearly 90 year old, dry farmed vines are planted on Pinole gravelly loam which provides excellent drainage and promotes low vigor. This vineyard has warm daytime temperatures and cool evenings giving a large diurnal temperature shift often of 50 degrees; providing excellent fruit maturation while maintaining balance. Hawkeye Ranch is farmed organically and Fish Friendly Farming Certified.

VINIFICATION: Fruit was direct pressed to stainless steel tanks. Aged sur lee for 7 months in stainless and force. This is the same wine as the 2022 Carignan Rosé in bottles but is force carbonated for bubbles at canning.