Shauna Rosenblum of Rock Wall Wines creates a sparkling wine in oak barrels

Following her instinct to experiment, winemaker Shauna Rosenblum of Rock Wall Wines wasn't sure she wanted to make a red Grenache out of the great fruit she brought in from Manteca, California. So, she pressed the grapes and let them sit overnight. In the morning, the Grenache was a bright hot pink color, and Shauna decided she was going to make it a sparkling rosé. Fermented in oak. She took it off the master lees and put the wine into a Muid'Oc barrel (320L). She let it ferment down to 1.5 Brix and then hand bottled the soon-to-be bubbly. It's a spicy sparkling, she says, with "a backbone."

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• sparkling wine
• wine making
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