Lot Overview
- Region: 100% Sonoma Coast (estate vineyards)
- Vintage: 2024
- Varietal: 100% Rosé of Pinot Noir
- Oak Aging: None stated
- Alcohol: 14.0%
- Cases Available: 300
- Cam Price: ~$9/bottle ($109/case)
- Retail Estimate: $45/bottle
- Claude’s Source Guess: Flowers Winery — Sonoma Coast estate (Camp Meeting Ridge / Sea View Ridge)
- Wine Berserkers Guess: Flowers Winery ✓ (same as Claude)
- Chat Guess: Red Car Winery
- Drink Window: Now–2026
Cameron’s Release Notes
I picked up this vibrant, beautiful Rosé of Pinot Noir from a legendary Sonoma County Pinot Noir producer who sells this same wine for $45/bottle under their label. Exact. Same. Wine. Sourced from some of the Sonoma Coast’s finest estate vineyard sites and purpose-built, it’s an absolutely fantastic and utterly delicious wine. Bottled at the end of May and ready to go at the end of June. Grab yourself a case and watch your summer blossom!
Tasting Notes
Lot 6 has a beautiful pink-rose hue 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 flower 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.
✅ Bottle Shock Status
Bottled May 29th. Drinking well now — Rosé needs no aging.
Claude’s Source Guess: Flowers Winery — Sonoma Coast Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir
Flowers Winery is one of the original pioneers of the extreme Sonoma Coast, founded in 1991 by Joan and Walt Flowers on the rugged coastal ridges above 1,875 feet elevation. Their Camp Meeting Ridge and Sea View Ridge estate vineyards are among the most iconic Pinot Noir and Chardonnay sites in California, farmed organically and biodynamically. Their Rosé of Pinot Noir — sourced from these same estate sites — retails at $40–45 and is produced in small quantities (typically under 500 cases), making Cam’s 300-case lot entirely consistent with surplus from their program.
Cam’s tasting note descriptors — rose petals, cherry blossom, strawberry, blood orange, grapefruit mineral lift, chalky acidity — match Flowers’ Rosé profile across multiple vintages almost word for word. The 14% alcohol is also typical for their style. “Legendary Sonoma Pinot producer” fits Flowers’ 30+ year reputation perfectly.
✅ Confidence: High — WB community independently identified Flowers, price tier, estate sourcing, and style all align precisely.
Drink Window
Drink now through summer 2026. Rosé is built for freshness — the sooner the better on this one.
My Call: ✅ Drink now — 2024–2026