PINOT NOIR ROSÉ: 2021

Single Vineyard - Hand Picked
 
Price: $27
 
Reviews:  91 Points, Premium wine, by Cameron Douglas MS.
 
Tasting Notes: 
 
Sight:  Pale salmon pink.
 
Smell:  Fresh, fruity, floral and pretty bouquet with aromas of red melon and strawberry, some cherry and fruit tea scents.
 
Taste:  Crisp, fruity, crunchy, and refreshing on the palate, a fine mineral layer and super fine fruit tannins for texture. A dry and refreshing wine that is crisp and fruity with a refreshing acid line and fine light tannins, this wine carries on delivering a lingering dry finish.
 
Pairing:  Try serving this Pinot Noir Rosé with smoked fish, prawns, pâtés or fresh summer salads.
 
Cellaring:  Best consumed over the warm summer month ahead and through to 2023.
 
RS:4.2 x g/L   Alc: 12.0%.  TA: 5.7g/L.  pH: 3.36
 
Grape-grower:  Blair Macdonald. 
 
Location:  Bladen Vineyard, Conders Bend Road, Marlborough.
 
Soils:  Silty loam over free draining gravels.
 
Training:  Vertical shoot positioning.
 
Harvest Date:  12th. March 2021

Winemaker:  Pierre Vienings & Tom Hindmarsh.