2017 Momtazi Carbonic Rosé

Cranberry. Herbs. Tangerine. This carbonic rosé from the biodynamically farmed Momtazi Vineyard will make you rethink what Oregon sparkling can be.

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49 cases + 47 magnums made.

Moe Momtazi is a real-life legend. He famously escaped Iran shortly after the hostage crisis on a motorcycle with his pregnant wife Flora. After making their way through Pakistan, Spain, Italy, and Mexico, the Momtazis eventually arrived in the U.S. and filed for political asylum.

In 1997 they bought a 496 acre ranch outside of McMinnville and started to plant vines. Today, the property is Demeter Certified, which means it is farmed biodynamically. Moe and Flora’s daughter Tahmiene uses grapes grown on the property to make wine for their own Maysara Winery, and Moe sells about 60% of their crop to producers like us.

Our Momtazi Carbonic Rosé comes from a selection of vines called the Pinot Patch. This block is planted with a variety of pinot noir clones mixed together, which we believe yields more complex wines.

We used a technique called carbonic maceration to coax extra flavor and color into the 2017 Momtazi Rosé. After harvesting the grapes on September 9, we left the whole clusters undisturbed and covered with CO2 for eight days before pressing. This technique allows the berries to start fermenting inside their skins. It produces flavors of strawberry and candied orange with an intriguing herbal background, and gives the wine a uniquely vibrant pink hue.

After eight days, the whole clusters were pressed and settled for several hours. Afterward, the juice was fermented with native yeast in 100% neutral oak where it remained for six months on the lees. Secondary fermentation yeast was Spark. 

11.7% alcohol | 6.5 g/L TA | 3.18 pH | 32 ppm total SO2 | .33 g/L VA

The back of each Corollary bottle has a URL so you can learn more about the wine. The first four digits of the code at the end of the URL tell you the year and month when the bottle you’re holding was disgorged. So in the example below, the wine was disgorged in December 2019 (19-12).

191205 - 750mL. Disgorged 31 cases December 2019 with dosage of 6g/L. 18 months on the lees.

210105 - 750mL. Disgorged 16 cases January 2021 with dosage of 7g/L. 32 months on the lees.