Wine Details

• Region Marananga, South Australia
• Vintage 2023
• Type Rosé
• Variety Grenache
• Vegan Friendly ✔
• Organic Wine ✔
• Volume 750ml
• Alcohol Volume 13%
• Standard Drinks 7.7
• Closure ScrewCap
• Vintage Notes

  Deep soaking winter rains that trickled into spring provided a spectacular start to the growing season. The moist soils minimised the threat of frosts, followed with a mild spring at bud break made for a promising start to an incredible vintage. Despite its dryness, the growing season was relatively mild. Warm days, cool nights and little to no disease pressure gave rise to fruit rich in flavour and naturally high acid, all with relatively modest sugar levels. The wines produced from 2022 will drink well young and many, if allowed, will cellar well to remind us of the great vintage. One of the best vintages in the recent decade.

• Winemaking

  Hand harvested at sunrise on the 8th of March from the Gnadenfrei North contours, the fruit was immediately de-stemmed and pressed to tank. The juice was chilled and left to settle over 48 hours before racking and inoculation. Fermentation was cold and long, aimed at preservation of the delicate floral aromatics of this wine. After a month, the wine was dry and ready to be coarsely racked before winter sur-lie aging. In August the wine was filtered and bottled.

• Tasting Notes

  In the glass this rosé shows the palest pink/salmon colour. The bouquet is lifted, with floral and citrus notes of mandarin, grapefruit and blossom. Green apple and herbal notes increase complexity and blend perfectly to an intense minerality. The palate is incredibly juicy and fresh. This wine is bone dry, but the time on lees gave it a textural sweetness and creaminess that together with the finest tannins, gives roundness and flesh. Notes of blood orange, minerals and herbs define the palate. Delicious.