Day Wines "Vin De Days" Rouge 2023

"Vin De Days" Rouge is Day Wines' flagship red made to please a crowd. The fermentation method of partial whole cluster yields a vibrant, crunchy, bright red fruit profile with high-toned aromas of red and black cherry, cran-raspberry and lavender. The palate is brambly, earthy and wild, with blackcap raspberries, clean mulch, black plum and sweet thyme drifting up from the glass. Flavors like hibiscus tea and strawberry fruit leather play in the background. A clean, lively mouthfeel with juicy acidity brings you back to the glass again and again. Dangerously drinkable.

This juicy Willamette Valley blend of 82% Pinot Noir and 18% Gamay is the result of a long, slow ripening period during a beautiful warm late autumn. All vineyards used were farmed organically. Fifty percent wholecluster, fifty percent destemmed fruit, with the whole-clustered fruit on the bottom of each fermenter to allow for carbonic maceration. Cap management was mostly handled by pump-overs, with occasional punch downs. This promotes a gentle extraction and a more fruitcentric wine. As with all Day Wines, the Rouge was spontaneously fermented with limited interventions throughout primary and secondary fermentations. Once dry, the wine was pressed off into neutral French oak and stainless steel tanks to complete spontaneous malolactic fermentation and mature for a few months. Minimal sulfur used prior to bottling.

Day Wines is a producer of minimal intervention wines located in Dundee Oregon. They source fruit from organic or biodynamic vineyards around the state, and make vineyard and vintage specific wines with minimal input. The wines are either classic interpretations of varieties or blends as seen through the lens of Oregon, or they are unique creations dreamed up in the mind of Brianne Day. They are constantly looking for high quality fruit, and seek out the unexpected.