Country: Australia
Region: Yarra Valley
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Rose
Alcohol volume: 12.0%
Closure: Screwcap

Winemakers comments
We make a dry fragrant Rosé, inspired by what we are seeing out of Provence in Southern France, but we are also intrigued by the perfume and beauty of early picked Yarra Valley Pinot Noir and Sy When it is hand-picked and gently pressed, it has to be one of the great combinations for a dry Rosé - fresh and refreshing.

Food matching
Drink by itself while sitting in the sun. Drink it out of enamel cups at the beach with salty piping hot fish and chips. Crab sangas on white bread with mayo and dill. A Thai feast of satay chicken, with steamed rice and a zippy, spicy papaya salad. Grilled anchovies on toasted bruschetta with tomatoes

Vinification
Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed taking only the fresh free run. The clear juice was then racked to a stainless-steel tank for a long cool ferment before being matured on ferment lees until bottling in June.

Vintage notes
The 2024 vintage is a more classic Yarra season. A cool start to spring and ideal flowering conditions lead to good fruit set and moderate yields. December was cool and mild, with significant rainfall at New Years and during the first week of January giving the vines a good drink leading into the heat of February. Mid to late February was drier and warmer than is common in the Yarra, leading to great ripening conditions with no disease pressure and a quite fast vintage. These Ideal growing conditions has resulted in wines with great acidity, balance, and flavour.

Philip Rich
95 Points
A blend of early picked pinot noir and syrah; hand picked and whole-bunch pressed. A light orange pink. Bursting with redcurrant, raspberry, orange zest and lavender aromas while the palate is bone dry, zesty and refreshing. Finishes with excellent cut and persistence.