Description

A co-fermentation of Syrah (from the Stone Soup vineyard) and Sauvignon Blanc (Renaissance Vyd), and the fifth vintage of this rosé of ours to have been entirely stomped by foot and, for all practical purpose, made and aged as a red wine. After a short maceration, the red fruit was pressed onto the Sauvignon Blanc and went on fermenting on the white skins/stems. The wine was aged in barrels for 18 months before bottling in February 2020, plus six more years in the bottle, prior to its release. Admittedly, this is an uncommon way of producing rosé but, in our view, this is what allows the full potential of these vineyards/grapes to be expressed, rather than being forced into a one-dimensional, all smily and obedient – if pretty – phenomenon…

The first thing you may notice, is that in the glass, it is not pink at all, rather, pale amber. It is immediately fascinating in its energy, grip, textured charm, freshness, and aromatic complexity, but it does have the potential to age further, just as well as our red wines.

In our experience, our Tickled Pink rosés come to their own at about 10+ years from harvest. We urge you to explore this further and promise you will not regret it!

The grapes for this wine were grown in the volcanic soils of the Smartsville Complex, that resulted from sub-oceanic volcanic eruptions about 160 millions years ago.

Total Sulfur added: 35ppm (at bottling), Alcohol: 11.2%, 93 cases produced.