SWEET CHEEKS WINERY & VINEYARD 2016 Rosy Cheeks APPELATION : Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon, USA Applegate Valley AVA, Oregon, USA Umpqua Valley AVA, Oregon, USA VARIETAL COMPOSITION : 45% Pinot Noir, 33% Pinot Gris, 11% Tempranillo, 6% Merlot & 5% Syrah HARVEST DATE(S) : September 22, 2016 - September 29, 2016 October 7, 2016 CELLAR TREATMENT : Slow and cool fermentation in all stainless steel tanks 2016 HARVEST OVERVIEW to retain fruitiness. Done in Saignee style: red wine ferment is “bled off” in its early stages and the pink The 2016 growing season in Oregon mimicked the previous few vintages with one of the juice collected from this “bleed” is then fermented earliest bud breaks yet. Spring came quickly with warm days that turned into temperate separately to become the rosé wine. summer months. Bloom saw a miniature heat wave that tapered the size and set of the fruit. BOTTLING DATE : March 17, 2017 Though the growing season got off to an early start, the more even summer temperatures slowed things and allowed the fruit to develop thoroughly with delectable complexity and CASE PRODUCTION : 851 Cases Produced intense flavor. The vintage resulted in, once again, extraordinary fruit quality, but with yields closer to pre-2014 vintages. WINE ANALYSIS : pH : 3.24 | TA : 6.0 g/L Alcohol : 11% | RS : 5.4% or 0.54 g/L TASTING NOTES SWEET CHEEKS WINERY & VINEYARD Fragrant floral notes lift out of the glass of our 2016 Rosy Cheeks, filling the nose with a Our passion is to create wines that reflect the beauty surrounding us in the Southern honeyed bouquet of lilies and gardenias. With a dense and delightful mouthfeel, notes of Willamette Valley. We believe in producing exceptional wines through gentle processing. strawberry sorbet and berry cobbler fill the palate and swirl over the taste buds.Smooth and Each vintage is unique and we invite you to experience it. gratifying, our Rosy Cheeks brings a long, melodious finish that satisfies to the core. Established as a vineyard in 1978, the 55..... acre estate vineyard sits on 140 acres of prime 541.349.9463 | 27007 Briggs Hill Rd. | Eugene, Oregon 97405 sloping hillside in the Southern region of the Willamette Valley wine appellation. sweetcheekswinery.com Winery est. 2005.