VARIETY: Pinot Noir

ORIGIN: Wairarapa

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS: Cool spring and late frosts causing tiny crops while a long and dry summer ensured ideal ripening conditions.

DATE OF HARVEST: 8 May 2007

HARVEST & VINIFICATION: Hand-picked, de-stemmed and cold-macerated on skins for 3 hours then pressed. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks under influences of various yeasts and temperatures. Racking by gravity to keep maximum freshness of fermentation-CO2.

DATE OF BOTTLING: 19 November 2007

ALC: 13.0% VOL

TASTING NOTES:

Light in colour, a rather European style Rosé with charming, crisp red fruit characters of raspberry and red currents; bone-dry and some aromas of yeast contact. Long lasting, mouth-watering finish.

DRINKING TEMPERATURE: 10 ºC

CELLARING: now to 4 years

CASES PRODUCED:  284

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