2022

Single Vineyard Merlot Rosé *SPECIAL END OF VINTAGE*

Summer berries with a creamy note

 

Hints of Summer berries with creamy notes and a lovely dry finish.

Vegan friendly

 

93 POINTS – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 

VARIETAL

100% Merlot

VINEYARD

Briants

CLONE

Merlot

APPELLATION

Patutahi Plateau

VINTAGE

2022

Profile

Dry

ALCOHOL

13.5

TA

6.67 g/L

Ph

3.42

Residual Sugar

5.10 g/L

VOLUME

750 mL

Single Vineyard Merlot Rosé *SPECIAL END OF VINTAGE*

Pinot Noir Grapes

Vineyard Review

The grapes for this wine are grown on the Tietjen vineyard in the Hexton Hills appellation of Gisborne. The Dijon 777 clone are carefully managed to produce a quality table wine. With only three canes laid down for the season, these lower yields ensure early ripeness with intense fruit flavours.

Winemaking

The juice for the Rosé was syphoned from the Pinot Noir and cold soaked prior to fermentation once the colour and flavour had reached the perfect intensity for this style. After slight clarification, the juice was fermented at cool temperatures to maximise red berry flavours and floral aromatics in the final wine. The use of gentle fining agents prior to filtration has ensured that the resulting wine has silken texture and is brimming with flavours and aromas.

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tasting-notes

Tasting Notes

Colour

A lovely light peach salmon colour.

Aroma

Strawberry and cherries with floral notes.

Palate

Strawberry and cream with a lovely dry finish.

Food match

A lovely aperitif or enjoy with summer salads and seafood.

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