Blackenbrook Pinot Rosé 2015
Blackenbrook Pinot Rosé 2015
Here's your perfect summer wine: an explosion of juicy red fruit with a vibrant acidity and a whisper of sweetness - sassy and rich!
Tasting Notes:
An explosion of juicy red fruit! A vibrant acidity stylishly balances the whisper of sweetness and a rich texture adds charisma.
Ideal serving temperature: 10 –12 degrees
Reviews:
4 Stars Michael Cooper
Pale pink, it is vivacious, with generous, peachy, strawberryish flavours, in a slightly sweet style with good body.
4 Stars or 91/100 Bob Campbell MW
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Vegan Wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society
Weather Conditions: Spring and summer were hot and extremely dry, enhancing great flavours in our grapes. Rain set in just one week before harvest, making for anxious times. Luckily the fine weather returned for another 2 weeks – just long enough to bring our crop in safely and in good condition.
Grapes from home block and Kina Cliffs Vineyard, situated on Kina Peninsula 2 km from Blackenbrook. Soil and micro-climate very similar to ours.
Viticulture
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Close planting: 3780 to 4000 vines/ha
• Clones: 10/5, UCD5, 114, 115, 667, 777 and Abel
• Hand-picked on 6 April with 22.4 Brix
Winemaking
• Extremely gentle winemaking: 48 hours cold maceration
on the grape-skins, gentle pressing - not saignée, gravity-
fed from press area to main winery, cool fermentation,
extended lees contact, minimal pumping, filtration in a
single pass from cloudy to sterile, no fining pre-bottling
• Oak-ageing for 15% of the wine to add complexity
• 6g/ltr natural residual sugar
• Bottled on 28 July 2015 in light-weight bottles to
reduce our carbon footprint
• off-dry, 13.5% alcohol