Big Table Farm, Laughing Pig Rosé, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA 2022

A rosé of Pinot Noir that goes to 11. Robust, phenolic and hearty, this rosé is directly pressed and placed on top of whole berries, where it is left to soak and slowly ferment and gain colour before it is pressed and transferred to neutral barrels. Then it undergoes malolactic fermentation. The resulting wine offers plenty of spicy aromatics of white pepper, mint and wild green strawberries. The palate is a melange of savoury spice, currant and cranberry that finishes with notes of white pepper. Serve this chilled with steak, seriously.