2025 Red Car Sonoma Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir

The 2025 Rosé of Pinot Noir lifts from the glass with a bouquet of white strawberries and dusty sage complicated by a whiff of spearmint. It's soothingly round on the palate with ripe orchard fruits enhanced by hints of candied citrus and melon. The finish shows staining length, potent yet still fresh, leaving nuances of orange pith that pinch the cheeks. It's the 2025's sense of inner contrast that wins the day.

One thing I love about wine is how your experience can change from bottle to bottle of the very same wine. The first time I tried this rosé I wasn't the biggest fan, but I really love it today. There's this really gorgeous white peach gummy that's accompanying the watermelon candy on the nose, and then underneath that there's this kind of steeliness that I'm really digging, each inhale is this sensory treat. The palate walks that really fine line between being a little juicy and having the crispness that you sometimes really need from a rosé. This has that crisp line of acidity pushing through like a wave with little surfer fruit on the crest just doing a pipe tube or whatever. I feel like I blew it at the end, but you get it, it's rad, and really delicious and dry with this super pretty raspberry note on the palate, along with touches of the watermelon. Definitely a go to recommendation.