Saint Clair Pioneer Block Marlborough Rosé 2023

Description

Cream, Dry, Peach

"An attractive pale pink Rosé with a creamy texture and peaches and cream flavours together with summer berries. It is hard to know how to improve a near-perfect Rosé like this" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Feb 2024

"A very pale hue yet very bright and polished lead to a bouquet and palate of pears and apples, some apricot and orange peel flavours with a fine layer of minerality. Crisp and dry, weight with a light satin touch. Flavours are persistent, refreshing and ripe. Balanced and well made with a decent length and finish. Best drinking from 2024 through 2026" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Sep 2024

"Restrained and elegant, the bouquet shows crunchy apple, strawberry and lemon peel aromas with a hint of savoury complexity. The palate displays fine flow and juicy fruit flavours with bright acidity, finishing crisp-dry and persistent. At its best: now to 2026" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jul 2024

Pale rose gold. Lifted aromas of crushed raspberries and cream with a hint of cherry blossom. A fresh and elegant style displaying ripe red fruit flavours of raspberries and strawberries. Generous and creamy with a rich mid palate leading to a long, plush finish. Perfect for drinking immediately this wine will be at its best over the next two years.

A Rosé made using 100% Pinot Noir grapes sourced from a Saint Clair estate owned vineyard located in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys subregion. The fruit was machine harvested in the cool of the night when the grapes reached optimum ripeness and flavour intensity.

Warm days and cooler nights with well-drained stone and sand alluvium all contribute to the small berries which gives this wine concentration, flavour and complexity.

The grapes spent a few hours on skins to extract the soft pink colour then were gently pressed. After settling the juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks at cool temperatures to retain aromatics, fruit flavour, and freshness. The wine was kept on its lees to enhance its texture then stabilised, filtered and carefully prepared for bottling.

Food Pairing: Perfect as an aperitif or matched with fresh fish and summer salads.