2024 LIOCO Ojo Pet Nat Cole Ranch

(coferment of PN & Chard)
In 2022, we found a permanent home for Ojo in America's Smallest AVA, The Cole Ranch. During our first visit to the vineyard we were delighted to learn there was some Pinot and Chardonnay, and that the vineyard's new owners (Mike and Jill Lucia) would make some available to LIOCO. The first vintage from this ranch confirmed what we suspected-that this organically farmed vineyard in the hills between the Russian River and the Anderson Valley would be a perfect terroir for making serious Rosè. In 2024, we took it one step further and in homage to one of our favorite Rosè wines from France Clos Cibonne-put all the penny colored juice into a concrete egg. The results speak for themselves. This 2024 Ojo is a mineral bomb packed with energy and verve. The nervy spine of acidity comes from that Chardonnay component which came off at a razor sharp 19 degrees brix.