Babydoll Marlborough Rosé 2024

Description

Dry, Floral, Pomegranate

"A distinctive and enticing bouquet filled with scents of cherry and red fruits, red apple skin and a fine chalky lees quality. Crisp and dry, red fruit flavours with a very fine tannin and crisp acid-line frame. Balanced and fresh with a dry textured finish. Well made with an immediate drinking quality, some tropical fruits moments and salivating finish. Best from 2024 through end of summer 2026" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Oct 2024

Fresh and aromatic with notes of pomegranate, orchard fruits and red apple, with subtle wild strawberry and floral undertones. Vibrant and lively, with fruit flavours that mirror the nose and a crisp acidity. There is an underlying minerality that creates great length and texture. Enjoy now, or cellar up to 2 years.

Vintage 2024 was another one for the history books, with a hot, dry summer and low rainfall impacting the Marlborough region. It’s a year that can be celebrated for its outstanding quality. Several factors contributed to lower yields, with early spring frosts, cooler temperatures during flowering, and prolonged dry conditions and water restrictions throughout summer and the harvest period. The unique seasonal conditions of vintage 2024 have produced wines of exceptional quality and showing the wonderful hallmarks that our Marlborough vineyards are known for - highly concentrated flavours, with underlying purity and minerality. We are excited to share them with the world.

Individual parcels of fruit were harvest, destemmed and gently pressed. The juice was then left to settle in tank for 48 hours, where it was racked prior to fermentation. A long, cool fermentation, using a range of yeasts to capture the bright, fresh fruit characters. The individual parcels were then blended, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling.

Food Pairing: Pairs nicely with grilled salmon or sushi, BBQ chicken and pork tenderloin, soft cheeses or roasted vegetable couscous salad.