Division Wine Co. Rosé of Gamay 'L'Avoiron' 2022

The perfect sunny day refreshment in a glass! Vibrant acidity - the cornerstone for delicious rosé - plus harmonious fresh red fruits and great texture make this a mouthwatering year for our flagship rosé! For the past decade, the Carousel Vineyard has grown the best calcium-loaded Gamay grapes so suited for our style of rosé!

One of the fastest-growing and most diverse American wine-growing regions of the past 40 years is the Columbia Valley, a wide swath of land that reaches from the northern border of Oregon to well into the northeastern parts of Washington State. Within this region is the Yakima Valley, which is home to our nearly 6-acre block of Gamay Noir at the newly renamed Carousel Vineyard (formally part of Willard Farms), which we farm exclusively to make our Gamay Rosé and Gamay Nouveau wines.

We love this particular site for its mineral intense soils formed from volcanic Miocene uplift against basalt bedrock that is layered with primary topsoil made up of quartz and lime-silica, overlaid with the mixed glacial runoff of Missoula floods that makes the region so dynamic, unique, and in this case, perfect for making crisp and focused rosé!

We believe the best rosé wines are made by picking before overly ripe characteristics can dominate the balance and finesse of the wine. Therefore, we seek a more white wine-like vibrancy than red wine-like richness or intensity, and we typically pick this site relatively early with more acid-driven grapes and lighter red fruit.