2024 Desire Lines Shake Ridge Mourvèdre Rosé

Our 2024 Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvèdre Rosé comes from the upper portion of I-Block, which is a steep block planted with a west-facing orientation such that the vines catch the light of the setting sun, before the sun dips below the Coast Range. The view from the top is gorgeous, and the view is well-earned by the time you’ve hiked there. It’s a wonderful block for Mourvèdre, yielding absolutely tiny clusters with fruit that is snappy, succulent, and ultra flavorful. It’s exactly the sort of fruit that defies any convention that rosé be made from fruit that is less serious, cheaper, or less propitiously situated than for red wines.

The nose is a bit subdued on pop and pour, so give this a healthy swirl in your glass, or even a decant. This wine has the stuffing to drink beautifully at Thanksgiving this year, and beyond. Aromatically, the nose is beautifully delineated and finally nuanced, opening slowly to reveal layers of red fruits, orange candies, peach, and succulent herbal notes. The palate is fresh and powerful, laced with minerality and succulent red fruits, like biting into a nectarine at the height of summer.