Black Estate Treble Waipara Rosé 2021

Description

• Dry style
• Strawberry & cardomom
• Liquorice & green apple
• Bright & long

Deep ruby in colour with aromas of rose hip, cranberry, strawberry & cardamon spice. Bright mouth filling palate with salivating & invigorating flavour length and notes of wild berry & liquorice with a hint of ripe green apple. Unfined and unfiltered.

They have three organic vineyards, that act together as one. They harvest 5 varieties across these vineyards in a 14 day period and progressively ferment the whole lot.

Winter and early spring rainfalls and moderate temperatures meant vines grew evenly though out their vineyards from around the spring equinox in late September. Frost incidence was moderate keeping them watchful in October and November with the majority of their vineyards avoiding frost damage. Rapid vegetative growth kept their vineyard team busy with shoot thinning, cultivation, and organic spray rounds with short intervals. Weather at flowering was favourable for Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc. Chardonnay and Riesling flowered during rain which lowered fruit set and yield. Warm dry conditions in January and February slowed vegetative growth and ripened fruit. Settled conditions in March allowed an early start to harvest where hand harvested fruit was ripe and clean with low disease pressure and optimal ripeness. Mid way through harvest they closed our restaurant and the entire Black Estate team was able to work together to ensure their harvest was completed successfully. Thanks to them they were able to harvest some of the highest quality fruit ever seen at Black Estate.