Yealands Marlborough Rosé 2024

Description

Dry, Grapefruit, Strawberry

This blush coloured rose has a bright bouquet of wild strawberry, raspberry and red cherry. A lovely balance between fruit sweetness and acidity, with flavours of red berries, pink grapefruit and a mineral finish. Enjoy now, or cellar up to 2 years.

Our wine is inspired by the coast that surrounds us, so close to the ocean that our vines are often misted with sea spray. The beauty of our environment influences how we craft wine, respectful of nature and our land. Yealands believes in sustainable winemaking and creating thoughtfully crafted wines that work in harmony with our landscape.

Vintage 2024 was another one for the history books, with a hot, dry summer and low rainfall impacting the Marlborough region. Its 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: Grilled prawns or sushi, summer salads with goats cheese or strawberries. Also, light poultry dishes of grilled or roasted chicken.