Oregon wine: 2020 Native Flora Ruby Primo ©Winerabble

Oregon wine: 2020 Native Flora Ruby Primo red wine

the back label explains:

"Rose all day!" "Drink Pink!" Oh, barf. Native Flora, a veteran rosé innovator, predates the oversaturated blush landscape. We're so dismayed with wimpy and sweet, that we're creating a new category – rubies. Deep, flavorful, dry, age-able, garnet jewels. Rubies are more in line with our true carmine aspirations.

Dundee Hills

Willamette Valley

Oregon

14.0% alcohol

Empty bottle weight:

17.7 ounces // 504 grams

Cork closure

180 cases produced

I love the idea of a well-crafted rosé that unabashedly straddles the line between pink and red wine. Bright candy apple red, this “ruby” truly is in a class of its own. Abundant red fruit notes with a full mouthfeel, it delighted my palate with each sip.

Drink it while there’s still a chill in the air– it’s a perfect shoulder-season wine. Due to the extra weight and heft it possesses, this wine stands up nicely to sturdier dishes that might fold under a regular rosé. Pour this for your friends that think they only like red wine and my bet is it will be a hit!

COLOR

candy apple red

BOUQUET

strawberry candy

cherry starburst candy

white pepper

wild strawberry

goji berry

lychee

PALATE

strawberry

white pepper

goji berry

red cherry

pineapple guava

full mouthfeel

FOOD PAIRING
SUGGESTIONS

piro aloo

veggie pizza

sticky thai chicken wings

Scoop up this wine deal by ordering here:

SRP $36

www.nativeflora.com

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