Beverage of the Week (BOW)
Troon Vineyard Ascendant Rosé Applegate Valley 2023
Product Story
You will have to look very closely to see that this is indeed a Rosé as the color is very faint being similar to a white wine with extended skin contact. On the nose and palate this wine delivers a wonderful hybrid of red and white wine characteristics with great depth and complexity. The Troon Ascendant Rosé is part of a series of Biodynamic wines blended from classic varieties from the Rhône, Provence, and Languedoc-Roussillon that includes red, white, and amber wines as well. The Ascendant Rosé had very little skin contact being pressed and settled overnight in stainless steel before being transferred to neutral French oak barrels for fermentation. The wines spent eight months in barrel on the lees before the final blending and bottling. The extended lees contact is evident in this wine’s opulent texture. It’s a wine built for limited aging showing best in a year or two but we think it’s fantastic today.
Brand Story
Troon Vineyard started quietly over four decades ago when Dick Troon planted vineyards in Southern Oregon. He sold grapes to local wineries but soon discovered that the best business decision was to create his own wines. He converted his barn to a winery and slowly built the brand until he sold the winery to his friend Larry Martin in 2003. Today, Troon Vineyard is owned by Dr. Bryan White and Denise White. The Whites along with Craig Camp, general manager, and winemaker Nate Wall lead the innovative wine making efforts at Troon. Nate has extensive winemaking experience in the Willamette Valley and brings a nuanced, almost Pinot Noir approach to winemaking. Craig is a wine industry veteran with a sharp palate, encyclopedic knowledge of the wines of the world, and relentless energy. Troon offers a wonderfully diverse selection of varietal wines and blends ranging from Malbec to Grenache and Vermentino to name just a few. Beginning with the 2018 vintage the fruit utilized by Troon was farmed 100% organically and biodynamically. All Troon wines were crushed by foot, fermented with only native yeasts with no additives of any kind. If you are seeking unique wines with style and gusto you need to get acquainted with Troon Vineyard.
Tasting Note
Mildly hazy, medium peach color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of star fruit, plum, and orange peel with supporting notes of slate, quince paste, and hints of red berries. The palate echoes the nose delivering an orchard fruit and citrus-driven core with flavors of apricot stone, kumquat, white peach, and citrus zest. The finish is long and lingering with very soft and silky tannins. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with an opulent texture.
How to Serve
Serve chilled but not too cold. Enjoy a bottle now and lay one or two down in the cellar for next summer. Serve with roasted fowl, fatty fish, and roasted peppers.
Price: $ 40
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