Don’t let the squat bottle idiot you. It is a nonetheless, rose wine, made by the Three Sticks Vineyard and given a particular title and bottling to honor the Vallejo-Casteñada Adobe, one of many few remaining Mexican-era residences nonetheless standing in downtown Sonoma and a constructing which now serves as Three Sticks’ tasting room.
A vibrant pink rose of constituted of numerous Rhone varietals, this is among the extra berry-forward rose wines I’ve encountered in latest reminiscence. It is a barely candy exploration of strawberries each recent and candied, gently weaving its approach towards components of orange blossoms, honeysuckle, and and late-game coconut. The candylike high quality builds because the wine approaches the end, and whereas the sweetness isn’t cloying, it lacks a lot in the way in which of acidity to make it a cleaning, food-friendly providing. Advisable to be used as an aperitif or in a spritz.
B / $45
2022 Three Sticks Castenada Rose
$45
