Carrick Central Otago Rosé 2020

"Restrained and savoury, the delicately lifted bouquet shows raspberry, lemon/lime, crunchy apple and flinty notes, followed by a focused palate displaying linear mouthfeel and lively acidity, finishing lingering and crisp-dry. At its best: now to 2022" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Mar 2021

 

The 2020 Rosé is a dry style, with a pale salmon hue. Drawing inspiration from the Provence Rosés of the South of France, It is refreshing, yet has good weight and depth. With notes of raspberry coulis, fresh strawberries and lime, it is a perfect wine for lunch or as an appetizer with nibbles.

 

The Carrick Rosé is made from estate grown, single vineyard, BioGro certified organic Pinot Noir grapes. The wine is made with two techniques – saignée or bleeding wine off skins and direct pressing the grapes on arrival at the winery - as per a white wine. The juice was fermented in old oak barrels using ambient or wild yeasts, where it was allowed to mature for 4 months. Blended, filtered and fined using Bentonite, it was then bottled.