Cable Bay Awatere Valley Pinot Rosé 2020

Stunning vibrant aromatics - light florals, watermelon, raspberry and nectarine. The palate is full of juicy pink grapefruit and pomegranate flavours, has lovely minerally texture and a refreshing dry finish. A gem expressing our special terroir in the Awatere Valley

Our carefully selected, estate owned site benefits from naturally terraced land, which leads down to the Awatere River. The region is blessed with low rainfall and low vigour soils, predominantly formed from alluvial gravel, which lend remarkable texture and minerality to the wines. The vines are also closely planted which results in lower yields of top quality fruit. We grow pinot specifically for rosé production, a different method to that of growing for red wines.

The grapes were harvested early in the morning, and led straight into the winery. The berries were then cold soaked for a few hours to extract some lovely colour from the skins. After this maceration, the must was pressed and the clear pink juice was fermented using neutral yeast to ensure the fruit purity was upheld and expressed. After a cool fermentation, the wine was allowed to rest for 4 months in stainless steel tanks before bottling, with no fining and minimal filtration

Cold soaked for four hours followed by a cool fermentation in stainless steel vats