Jana Winery Sparkling and Rosé from Scott Harvey Wines

Tasting notes & discussion 22

Arrives in time for Valentine’s Day

Typically $20 - $40/bottle from Scott Harvey Wines
Vintage 2021 Rosé & NV Brut from California
Includes a Lake Champlain Chocolates Hearts Bag (Milk or Dark Chocolate)
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About Scott Harvey Wines: “After decades of creating and crafting premium wines for wineries like Santino and Folie a Deux – and putting Amador County on the map as a world-class appellation – Scott Harvey launched his own winery in 2004. With decades of winemaking experience on two continents, it’s no wonder his wines have become an immediate sensation. It’s an overnight success 35 years in the making.”

Tickled Pink

TASTING NOTES:
Jana Winery Brut - “Made in a ‘Brut,’ dry and crisp delicate style with hints of litchi nut and peach pits, this sparkling wine will accompany Asian food and light chicken or pork dishes.” (AbV 12.97%, pH 3.17, RS 0.8%)

Tickle Me Pink Rosé - “This sassy, sexy, foxy, and yummy wine has a good balance with a light refreshing mouthfeel. Its floral notes are strawberry, bubblegum, peach rings, and honeysuckle with notes of cotton candy. With fresh carbonation on the finish, this is a perfect summertime hot tub wine or wonderful crowd-pleasing brunch wine.” (AbV 11%, pH 3.2, TA 6.5 g/L, RS 4%)

VARIETALS: The Brut is 55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir. The Rosé is 57% Pinot Gris, 37% Muscat Canelli, 5% Concord and 1% Amador Syrah.

BARRELS: The Brut of course spent some time en tirage to gain bubbles, but the Tickle Me Pink mentions some carbonation as well. Maybe we see if Scott shows up in the discussion for more details?

THAT REMINDS ME OF: The wine’s namesake, to be “tickled pink.”

So the connection makes sense. When you laugh a lot, your face gets pink. This is due to blood vessels dilating in response to an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. And we laugh when we’re tickled because we’re in distress! Probably. Therefore you end up “tickled pink.”

So, because laughter is associated with amusement, and tickling is a universally understood precursor to laughter, a phrase like “tickled pink” can come to mean being very amused. That specific phrasing only came around in the early 1900’s, as before then it was more common to say they were “tickled to death.” Guess putting it as pink made it a little more… PG.

Jana Winery Sparkling and Rosé from Scott Harvey Wines

Arrives in time for Valentine’s Day

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