Dear all,
This is my first topic here. Having for a long-time been a reader of this forum, I finally registered.
I'm writing with a question that will quickly reveal me as an amateur with regard to wines. About one year ago, I sampled what was one of the best rosés that I have ever had, and I am hoping that someone here might help me identify it. I explain below why I no longer have the name of the wine, nor the name of its vineyard. It is an Oregon rosé, the bottle was screen-printed, and the bottle was corked (no screw-cap). These are the first clues.
As for the wine: it was a pink with a striking reddish-saffron hue. The aroma was intensely floral, with a little bit of sweetness (perhaps peach?) leading into a juicy flavor, also floral, with hints of watermelon and berry. It was crisp, but without a dry, citrus-y acidity.
After drinking the wine, I of course saved the cork. But as luck would have it, I recently moved and sadly lost it. If I lived anywhere other than Pennsylvania, I could perhaps walk back into the store and simply inquire. But here in Pennsylvania, alcohols are sold through state-run stores. When I returned to the place of purchase, I was told that the wine wasn't anything that was regularly carried and was surely purchased on a whim by the then-purchasing manager (now no longer an employee).
I've been trying to identify the wine -- and am wondering if anyone might have a clue as to what it is. If I am remembering correctly, the wine may have been produced on a sustainable vineyard (though I may be wrong about this). A colleague recently suggested that it may have been Domaine Drouhin....but to my knowledge none of their bottles have ever in screen-printed (though I might be wrong about this too).
Might anyone be able to guess what the wine was? (Perhaps someone in Oregon?) Thanks so much for reading,
Neil