2025 Estate Rosé of Graciano, Ibarra-Young Vineyard
2025 Estate Rosé of Graciano, Ibarra-Young Vineyard
This wine comes from a small block at Ibarra-Young planted in the late 1990’s. This block has been farmed organically since inception, and what's growing in the understory throughout the year is proof. This block is covered in native purple lupine in the springtime, and transitions to the later-blooming native Spanish lotus in the early summer. The floor is consistently covered in dainty pink and purple flowers for the majority of the growing season. We don’t sow these seeds, they are native to the Santa Ynez watershed and are what have been growing on this land since the Chumash inhabited the area. The lupine and native lotus have made a striking comeback since the vineyard’s transition to no-till farming in Spring of 2019.
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Of all the grapes we tend at Ibarra-Young, Graciano tends to have the most acidity, so it is destined to become rosé. This was a surprisingly bountiful vintage of rose! These grapes were brought into the cellar around 20 brix, where half the fruit was foot stomped to macerate on the skins and the other half went directly to press. After about two hours of skin maceration, the crushed and uncrushed grapes were lightly pressed together. The juice settled overnight, and was racked to neutral French oak for its spontaneous native fermentation. The rosé rested on its fermentation lees throughout elevage in the same vessels and was bottled unfined and unfiltered on March 25, 2026.
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Open, refreshing, and salty. She’s a whiff of the white flowers in your summer garden and a bite of savory crostini sprinkled with freshly chopped herbs and pink peppercorns. She’s polished and poised, and definitely worth thinking about. Delicious on her own or with some light bites. Enjoy chilled just about anywhere at any time!
Wine Details
Wine Details
- 12.7%ABV
- 105 cases produced
- Ingredients: beyond-organic and regeneratively farmed grapes, minimal sulfites
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about the label
Art: The purple lupine on the front is painted by my thoughtful mother, Eileen Anderson. These lupines are native to the field where this block was planted and have been here since the Chumash inhabited the land. They are native nitrogen fixers and food for pollinators making them a really important species at Ibarra-Young. The little lamb on the back was born in the Graciano in spring of 2020. I named her Charlotte after the woman who first tended this land, Charlotte Young.
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