This Rose carries bright aromatics of green raspberries and white peaches, with a hint of rose petals. Pale salmon in colour. On the palate the Rose carries through being a little more restrained with some lovely texture and phenolics. Great length of flavour and intensity. A refreshing summer drink, to be drunk on all occasions!

Grenache, Malbec, Mataro, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat a Petit Grain

12.5%

All sourced from a mixture of the heavier cropping blocks I pick for the other wines I produce all across the Barossa, the fruit is picked early for the Rose - separately for freshness. Most of the varieties are fermented separately and pressed straight away to a mixture of stainless steel and larger format oak. The exception is the “Farmer exploration block” of Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris and a few other vines of different varieties which are fermented together on skins for 5 days then pressed into old French puncheons and a 100 yr old oak Foudre (1600L).
Elevage until late September when it is racked off lees and allowed to relax in stainless steel tanks before a small amount of sulfur is added before bottling.

Style: Medium bodied, dry rose wine.

Vineyard: Barossa, SA.

Best with: charred corn, bbq white fish, chipotle mayo in corn tortilla.

Drink: now or over the next 5 to 6 years.