Pinot Noir Rose
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed within 1–3 years of the vintage release to appreciate its fresh fruit character and vibrant acidity.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Grilled salmon, artisanal charcuterie board, fresh goat cheese salad
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Crafted from estate-grown Pinot Noir grapes in the cool, fog-influenced Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, Martinelli's Rosé of Pinot Noir is a vibrant testament to the family's multi-generational farming heritage. Utilizing fruit from their meticulously managed vineyards, this rosé is typically produced using gentle whole-cluster pressing or a short maceration to extract its delicate pale salmon hue and bright red-fruit aromatics. The Russian River Valley's signature maritime fog and goldridge soils allow the Pinot Noir grapes to ripen slowly, retaining the crisp acidity and lush strawberry, raspberry, and subtle spice notes that define this elegant style. It represents a refreshing, terroir-driven expression of the estate's world-class Pinot Noir program.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1887 by Tuscan immigrants Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini, Martinelli Winery is a historic, family-owned estate nestled in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, California. Renowned for its deep agricultural heritage spanning over six generations, the winery is celebrated for farming some of the region's most steep and challenging terroirs, most notably the iconic, near-vertical Jackass Hill vineyard. Under the stewardship of the Martinelli family, the estate employs meticulous hand-farming, dry-farming techniques, and minimalist winemaking practices—such as utilizing native yeasts and bottling unfined and unfiltered—to craft wines of extraordinary concentration and character. Their signature portfolio highlights powerful, old-vine Zinfandels, alongside elegant, single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays, and Syrahs that beautifully express the unique microclimates of Sonoma County.