GV Collection Central Otago Rosé 2016
Accolades
Awarded 4 Stars
Michael Cooper's NZ Buyers Guide 2017
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"The floral, vivacious 2016 vintage, grown at Gibbston, is a bright pink, off-dry wine (6.5 grams/litre of residual sugar), made from Pinot Noir. Mouthfilling and smooth, it is vibrantly
fruity, with gentle plum, strawberry and spice flavours and a finely balanced finish. Delicious drinking this summer." Michael Cooper, November 2016
A delicate strawberry red colour. Charming strawberry and red fruit aromatics of this wine lift effusively from the glass. Concentrated, with a splash of delicate yet almost creamy berry fruit, the wine flows with youthful vibrancy towards its gently mineral, pleasingly dry finish.
The 2016 vintage, despite seeing successive cool fronts bringing cool, frosty conditions to the Central Otago spring, was genrally considered a warm season. Flowering was fast and very even, with excellent set. Cool conditions in January 2016 slowed growth, but record temperatures in February hastened development. March and April had sporadic rain events, that elongated ripening, ensuring a long extended opportunity for flavour development. Crop loads were slightly up due largely to even, uniform berry size and bunch weights. Picking began in mid March, with most vineyards being picked on schedule in early to mid April. Flavours were fulsome with lower than normal acid levels, matching lovely low sugar levels.
Drawing from cool sites with lighter more aromatic Pinot Noir, fruit is chosen specifically for Rosé. This is the secret to the quality of the wine. Proccessing is relatively gentle: hand picked fruit is destemmed into open top fermenters for 24 hours, then drained and pressed. A long cool, stainless fermentation follows; after which the wine is carefully clarified and stabilised.
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