Frenchtown Farms Sierra Foothills Rose Cecelia 2024 NO20231115 it achieves remarkable balance and

it achieves remarkable balance and complexity while maintaining a tart cranberry finish that begs for another sip

and wines like this are why that movement keeps getting more interesting

restrained style — and Etelois is the quiet star of his village range

and genuinely drinkable — which is a rarer thing in Napa than it should be

The palate gives subtle vanilla notes

Frenchtown Farms Sierra Foothills Rose Cecelia 2024 NO20231115 it achieves remarkable balance andCecelia (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