🏷️ Lot Overview
Region: Sonoma Coast
Vintage: 2024
Blend: 100% Rosé of Pinot Noir
ChatGPT Original Source Guess: Red Car Winery
Wine Berserkers Guess: Flowers Winery Sonoma Coast Rose
Alcohol: 14.0%
Oak Aging: N/A
Cam Price: $8.25 ($99/case)
Retail Estimate: $45
Drink Window: Summer 2024–2026
🍷 Cameron’s Release Notes
Lot 6 – 2024 Sonoma Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir
Bottled and ready to brighten your summer.
This one’s a no-brainer. We got our hands on the exact same Rosé a legendary Sonoma Pinot producer bottles under their own label—for $45 a pop. Same juice. Same vineyard sites. Same winemaking team.
Crafted by a top Sonoma Pinot producer using estate-grown fruit, this Rosé was purpose-built for serious refreshment. Bottled in May and ready to ship by late June, it delivers premium-level quality—without the premium price tag.
Lot 6 pours a glowing pink-rose hue and bursts from the glass with rose petals, cherry blossom, strawberry, blood orange, and grapefruit mineral lift. Zesty, juicy, and mouthwatering, it rolls across the palate with ripe red berries, watermelon, and a kiss of floral spice.
Bright. Balanced. Absolutely electric.
It’s the kind of Rosé you drink all summer—and wish you bought more of.
A $45 bottle for less than $9? Back. Up. The. Truck.
Tasting Notes
Lot 6 has a beautiful pink-rose hue (the picture doesn’t quite do it justice), and a fresh, vibrant bouquet of rose petals with a kiss of cherry blossom and ripe strawberry haloed with blood orange and grapefruit-specked mineral notes. Absolutely gorgeous bouquet.
Ripe and juicy with a seamless attack of zesty acidity carrying gobs of perfectly attenuated strawberry and raspberry fruit and a kiss of watermelon and floral spice.
The finish is utterly delicious with chalky acidity supporting a framework of ripe flavors and a persistent, mouthwatering finish. Rich-yet-elegant, ripe-yet-nervy and perfectly balanced throughout, this compelling Rosé will thrill your palate!
- 100% Rosé of Pinot Noir
- 100% Sonoma Coast
- 14.0% alc.
- Bottled May 29th
- ~300 cases produced
🧠ChatGPT says:
🔍 Source Guess: Red Car Winery (most likely); possibly Peay Vineyards or Failla Wines
🧾 Rationale:
- Estate-Grown Sonoma Coast Pinot Fruit: The email and website repeatedly stress “estate-grown” fruit, suggesting the producer controls and farms its own vineyards—not a négociant or bulk juice broker. Red Car, Peay, and Failla are among the few true estate producers focused on high-quality Sonoma Coast Pinot and Rosé.
- Price Point & Style: The original wine retails for $45. Red Car’s Rosé of Pinot Noir is $45 on the dot and is known for a bright, floral, mineral-driven style that aligns almost perfectly with the tasting note descriptors (rose petal, grapefruit, strawberry, mineral finish). [Source: redcarwine.com]
- Volume Match: 300 cases is within the range that a boutique estate like Red Car or Peay might bottle for a dedicated Rosé, either as a direct-to-consumer offering or a tasting room/club exclusive. It’s also a viable “excess lot” size that could be diverted to Cam.
- Bottling Timing: May 29 bottling fits the standard window for Sonoma Coast Rosé, suggesting estate-level freshness and seasonal release timing. Red Car has historically bottled around this time as part of their early-summer release cycle.
- Exact Wine Claim: The text explicitly says this is “the exact same wine” that the producer bottles under their label. That rules out a second press, altered blend, or custom cuvée. This implies a producer with surplus labeled juice already destined for the market. Red Car’s portfolio structure—and past participation in discrete white-label deals—makes them a strong match.
- Stylistic Language: Descriptors like “chalky acidity,” “zesty,” and “nervy” are textbook for Red Car and Peay, both of whom lean into leaner, acid-driven expressions of Rosé, as opposed to rounder, fruitier styles like Flowers or Belle Glos.
🤔 Alternative Considerations:
Scribe or Arnot-Roberts – Both make premium Rosé with a minimalist style and have cult followings, but they rarely have excess juice or participate in secondary market channels.
Peay Vineyards – They produce estate Rosé from Sonoma Coast fruit, and their main vineyard near Annapolis sits in a prime, cool-climate zone. However, their production is extremely small, and they rarely (if ever) sell finished wine under other labels.
Failla Wines – Also makes elegant, site-specific Pinot from the Sonoma Coast and occasionally produces Rosé, but they’re more likely to sell excess fruit rather than bottled wine.
⏳ Drink Window
Best Enjoyed: Summer 2024–Summer 2026.
Style: Fresh, zesty, and made to be drunk young—drink on release for maximum vibrancy.
Hold Potential: By late 2026, acidity may soften and fruit will fade. Not built for long-term cellaring.
⏳ Drink window: Now–2026 (peak summer 2024–2025)
🧑‍🤝‍🧑🍷 Wine Berserkers Guess: Flowers Winery Sonoma Coast Rose