2011 Vintage
Grape Variety: 100% Sangiovese
Region: King Valley, Victoria
Tasting Notes
The wine has a lovely rose petal colour with a cherry hue. Its has very pretty aromatics of rose hip, cherry blossom and white plums. Its very savoury, with earthy undertones and spicy. The palate is rich, full and flavoursome. Lots of spiced cherries, plums, strawberries and red fruits. It has a lovely long finish.
Vinification
This rosé has been made from Sangiovese fruit that was hand and machine picked, crushed and left to macerate for 8 – 9 hours. After pressing, the juice was then slowly cool fermented at 15˚C so as to retain fruit aromatics and crispness.
Maturation
Matured in: stainless steel
Fining agent: skim milk and isinglass Filtration: sterile pad filtration
Technical Information
Varietal percentage: 100% Sangiovese
Picked: 27 Feb - 10 March 2010
Average brix: 23
Final Analysis
Acid: 6.5 g/l
Residual sugar: 0.42 g/l
pH: 3.25
Alcohol: 12.5% Alc/Vol
Bottled: May 25 2010
Released: May 2010
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