2020 Pinot Noir Rosé 2020

Bright, vibrant pink in colour with aromas of cherries, redcurrants and watermelon on the nose. On the palate the wine is dry to the taste with layers of red fruits and a lovely soft richness helping fill out the wine. This creates a delicious medium bodied Rosé with texture and weight. Serve chilled anytime now and for the next 2-3 years.

2020 will be remembered as a truly unique vintage with the worldwide impact of Covid19 falling right in the middle of our harvest. Fortunately we were able to work through lockdown (as an essential industry) and complete what has turned out to be very a high quality vintage. Spring was generally benign - there were several light frost events, none of which were damaging, but we did endure some very strong winds during this time. We then experienced a prolonged dry spell from mid-December right through to late March where we only recoded 38mm of rain. This long extended, dry, warm summer was ideal for ripening with beautiful weather experienced right through April to enable us to pick all fruit in perfect condition. The wines look generous with lovely deep colour, fleshy fruit and silky tannins and a brooding weight and richness to them.

The grapes were hand harvested, de-stemmed in the winery and then left on skins for 24 hours before pressing off. The juice was cool fermented in stainless tanks to create a Rose full of classic varietal berry fruit aromatics with weight and richness on the palate. We bottled the wine after 4 months ageing on lees.