2024 Bedlam Rose
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2024
Varietal
Bedlam Rose
Appellation
Frederick County
Harvest Date
August 30 – September 30
Bottling Date
Spring 2023
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
Rarely do we get generosity and high quality in the same year. However, the 2022 vintage gifted us with both! A warm dry summer with just enough rain to keep things humming along was followed by a very dry harvest season, with only one significant rain event. The wines have very good acidity, even better than the 2021's. The reds were uniformly healthy and we got to pick them at our leisure, so we could wait for just the right ripeness levels without worrying about weather events. We got our first wines from Live Edge this year and, while we don't expect the same level of complexity we get from the older vines at BAV, we were happy with the quality of the fruit.
Production Notes
147 cases produced.
Winemaker Notes
In the practice of blending white and red wines post-fermentation to make a rosé is prohibited in Europe except for the Champagne Region when making a rosé Champagne. Here in the new world, we don’t have such rules and you can find some producers will use blending to make rosé as well as those using the bleed method, or maceration method (that’s similar to bleed method except that the whole purpose is making rosé and the solids are tossed after a brief period on the skins [i.e., there’s no red wine made]). This rosé is a blend of our six white wines, with the bleed juice of petit verdot and merlot this year.