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It is a stunning wine that combines the richness of the vineyard and the freshness of the vintage with the minerality and precision that define Breuer's wines

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and a complexity that unfolds over time

Dark fruit and basalt minerality collide with citrus brightness in a wine that tastes of volcanic earth and time-honored practice

Trail Marker Mendocino Carignan Bartolomei Vineyard Rose 2025 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine ferment with ambient yeast inTrail Marker is the boundary pushing California project from Drew Huffine and Emily Virgil, who hunt down cold coastal sites and then get out of the way. This rose comes from the Bartolomei family's Carignan vines in Mendocino, some planted between the 1930s and 1940s on land the family has farmed since the 1800s. Old vines and a cold site make for a rose with real focus and tension rather than soft fruitiness. Crisp and bright, with grapefruit, white