2024 Kobayashi Marsanne - Roussanne, Washington, USA Berthaut-Gerbet 25-30 year old vines

25-30 year old vines

A few kilometers from their home vineyards in the village of Oslavia in Friuli

The photo on the label was taken by Craig’s brother in Cambodia

Vine Age: Planted in 2016

47 botanicals total

2024 Kobayashi Marsanne - Roussanne, Washington, USA Berthaut-Gerbet 25-30 year old vines76% Marsanne and 24% Roussanne from WeatherEye Vineyard, located at the top of Red Mountain in eastern Yakima Valley. The Rhone varieties Travis and Mario source from WeatherEye are ungrafted, single stake trained, and planted at high density on rocky, fractured basalt soils. The fruit was destemmed and cold soaked on skins (without fermentation) for roughly one week before barrel fermenting in cigar shaped 320L French oak barrels (30% new), then aged