Big Basin Vineyards
Homestead Block Roussanne
Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisco Bay, California, USARoussanne
Top Notes For
Nov 22nd, 2018
Mar 21st, 2026
Apr 28th, 2018
Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisco Bay, California, USASanta Cruz Mountains, San Francisco Bay, California, USA
Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries
Off bottle for sure.
Off bottle for sure.
Jan 24th, 2019Clear, light lemon yellow
Clean, medium intense notes of white floral, stones, clay, lemon, beeswax. Soft and pretty nose.
Dry, medium acid body and alcohol (13.2% ABV). Flavors of lemon, mild apricot, mineral. Finish is a medium+
Very good, and would love to revisit this vintage in the future. Brie & apricot pizza.
Would be interested to see a Roussanne+Marsanne collaboration with Donkey & Goat (Skin Fermented Marsanne)
NOTES: “Most of the wine was fermented and aged in a clay Amphorae with the remainder in barrel.”
Clear, light lemon yellow
Clean, medium intense notes of white floral, stones, clay, lemon, beeswax. Soft and pretty nose.
Dry, medium acid body and alcohol (13.2% ABV). Flavors of lemon, mild apricot, mineral. Finish is a medium+
Very good, and would love to revisit this vintage in the future. Brie & apricot pizza.
Would be interested to see a Roussanne+Marsanne collaboration with Donkey & Goat (Skin Fermented Marsanne)
NOTES: “Most of the wine was fermented and aged in a clay Amphorae with the remainder in barrel.”