2021 Speakeasy Rosé

SPEAKEASY Rosé is a stylish, elegant example of a full flavoured, cool climate wine showing the true expression of the Adelaide Hills region.

Variety: 100% Shiraz

Vineyard: Fruit was sourced from Balhannah Wine Estate.

Vintage Conditions: September brought good rainfall for the Adelaide Hills, encouraging even bud-burst. Perfect November weather during flowering delivered good set on small bunches. December passed without the usual heat and January barely warmed up before a rainfall event was received. The mild conditions remained well below 30°C in February/March equating in a cool ripening period.

Vinification: This rosé wine was exclusively made in the Saignée Method which involves the removal (bleeding off or draining off) of a proportion of juice from a fermenter of crushed Shiraz fruit from our Balhannah vineyard. Specific rosé yeast was utilised and a slow gentle ferment was undertaken to encapsulate the subtleties of the wine style.

Tasting Notes:

Colour: Soft peach tones with a ruby red hues.

Aroma: Fragrant and floral on the nose with a hint of spice under gentle cherry and strawberry fruit characters.

Palate: Bright and crisp, with herbal and mineral notes that reverberate on the fruit driven, tight round palate. Nice crushed raspberry fruit with a hint of lingonberry with a soft richness supplemented by good acidity and fine tannins. This settles into a long, decisive, balanced driven finish, with a great persistence of fruit.

Wine Analysis:

Alcohol : 13.5%

Total Acidity : 6.75g/l

Ph : 3.35