RUSACK WINERY

Some have been reading my blog from the road trip in California and the visits to different wineries.

Now it is time to look back, and we during the weeks bring to the table some of the wine we brought back and taste again, drink and enjoy or find out that we preferred some other than the latest.

Yesterday was a day off from the gym, it is Wednesday and Sunday we are off, so I can prepare dinner on forehand and have ready either a white or rosé cooled down or a red from the shelf.

Laila wanted as many days before a Rosé, I guess we both got hooked on to it on our trip in July so the next from our collection from California was a bottle of RUSACK rosé. The grapes come from a number of different vineyards throughout Santa Barbara County. RUSACK Rosé is created from selected Syrah, Sangiovese and Grenache grapes, which are harvested at a peak maturity and earmarked for the Reserve program.

Prior to fermentation, a small percentage of “blush” colored juice is set aside, while the resulting concentrated juice continues on the path to a Reserve release. This unique process leaves them with a delightfully intense Rosé wine perfect for those lighter moments in life. Only 442 cases were produced of the 2010, and it has an aging potential, but we will enjoy its youth.

Driving to RUSACK (http://www.rusackvineyards.com/about.html) with Brigitte Guehr from Mirabelle Inn in Solvang where we stayed and she was arranging a wine visit to four wineries, this was maybe the one to remember. The view on the road to get there, the view as we had our lunch pack there, so enclosed some pictures to show what we enjoyed.