A rose for a rosé. This new cuvée is from the newest parcel in the domaine, the Red Horse Vineyard. On the other side of the Chateauguay forest from the winery, sits this gem of a vineyard on a lightly sloping hillside at 1700 feet in altitude, on volcanic and granite soils. A sweet coplantation of marquette, la crescent, louise swenson and brianna, we made two get-to-know-you wines for 2023, a rosé and a red. With beautiful, eye-snatching labels from our favorite Odd Crocodile Creative.

This rosé is a blend of all the white grapes from the vineyard pressed through the just-pressed skins of the marquette. Bright and direct, this bottling is just what the summer needed: something charming and refreshing for a heat wave, and with enough backbone for a rainy or deeply cloudy day. 

Rosé Wine of Vermont

The Horse You Came In On

VARIETY / La Crescent, Louise Swenson, Brianna pressed through Marquette skins
VINEYARD / Red Horse Vineyard - Bridgewater, Vermont
CELLAR / Indigenous yeasts, no filtering or fining. No added sulfites.
ALC/VOL / 12%

RED HORSE VINEYARD

Bridgewater, Vermont

This vineyard is on a high mountain slope, in an old pasture tucked beneath an orchard on glacial till of schist, gneiss, and granite.

SOIL / volcanic and granite soils
ELEVATION / 1725 feet
AGRICULTURE / regenerative, practicing biodynamic, forest edge ecology
VINEYARD LIFE / yarrow, st. John’s wort, black-eyed Susan, daisy, orchard grass, purple clover, buttercup, wild alpine strawberry, tall goldenrod
MICROCLIMATE / western facing deep slope and natural springs create high heat in summer , but mostly well-draining soil tempers humidity along with windy days. Winter sees deep snow and very cold with cold winds and partly cloudy.
FRUIT GROWN / Marquette, La Crescent, Louise Swenson, Brianna
SIZE / .5 acres {.2 hectares}