The Lorenza wine company is a joint collaboration between a mother and daughter who love dry Rosés from France. Melinda Kearney, who owns a wine marketing company, and her daughter Michèle Ouellet made their first wine in 2008. Their second wine is a white wine made from the Picpoul Blanc grape, a French variety grown mainly in the Rhône Valley and Languedoc-Roussillon in southwestern France. The grapes were organically grown in the Terra Alta Vineyard, Clements Hills, Lodi. Picpoul means “lip stinger,” a fitting description for this high-acid grape. The Lorenza Picpoul is sleek and lean with bright citrus fruit laced with saline mineral notes. The ripe green apple, lemon fruit is fresh and enhanced by the grape’s lip stinging acidity, a perfect partner with fresh seafood broiled, poached or raw.
Lorenza, Lodi (California) Picpoul Blanc 2021
By Rebecca Murphy