Barnard Griffin Rosé of Sangiovese 2024

I have a running theory that the Barnard Griffin tasting room in Richland is the most underappreciated address in American wine. Rob and Deborah Barnard have been making wine here since 1983 and their Rosé of Sangiovese has won Double Gold at San Francisco Chronicle four separate times. Four. At a price point where most rosé is made from whatever the winery could not sell as red. This is bone dry. Strawberry, watermelon rind, a touch of blood orange, a finish that is clean and bright and goes on longer than a $13 bottle has any right to. It is Provence quality made from Columbia Valley Sangiovese by people who clearly do not care that the market does not reward Washington rosé the way it should. Buy it by the case. Put it in the wine fridge. Open one next time somebody comes over and watch them ask where it is from. When you say Richland, Washington, they will not believe you. That is the fun part.