Mystery Marlborough Rosé 2022 (04)

Description

• Dry style
• Ripe pear
• Red berries
• Vibrant acidity

A vibrant, refreshing Rosé, showing fragrant notes of ripe pear, melon and red berry fruits. Wonderfully balanced and finishing dry, with vibrant acidity and terrific fruit purity. A delicious drink!

2022 will be remembered for its challenging nature, which kept us on our toes after a run of remarkably effortless vintages. Dry stable weather, over flowering led to an abundant fruit set, and with consistent small rain events, we enjoyed fantastic vigour across the whole vineyard.

Leading into the harvest period the region endured some significant rainfall events, which increased berry and bunch size, but also disease pressure, unfortunately. Luckily, within our Raupo Creek vineyard we had excellent teams working tirelessly in the vineyard to mitigate this. We were able to pick each plot before any real disease pressure took a hold, so after a pressured few months, 2022 has proved a stand-out vintage for our wines, which are showing a fantastic depth of flavour, structure and acidity.

Certified organic grapes were machine harvested, then pressed immediately and chilled to cold settle. The clear juice was then carefully racked into a stainless-steel vessel. A long, cool fermentation proceeded, to enhance the bright, vivacious aromatics of Pinot Gris and Semillon. After a short period on lees, batches of Pinot Gris, Semillon, Riesling and Pinot Noir (that had been traditionally made with three weeks macerating on skins) were blended, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling.