2025 Blewitt Springs Grenache Rosé
TASTING NOTE
Fragrant pink lady apple, orange blossom, delicate rose, background red fruits and hints of savoury spice aromatics.
The palate has flavours of pomelo, pomegranate and strawberry fruits along with some herby and floral characters. Is fresh and vibrant with a fine and delicate structure with a line of mineral acidity.
VINEYARD
A blend of Grenache fruit from younger vines giving fresh fruit aromas and flavours, combined with Grenache fruit from 50-year-old dry grown bush vines for depth, spice, and complexity.
The young vineyard block of Grenache was planted from cuttings taken from the 100 year old Smart vineyard that we use for one of our single vineyard wines.
The vines are grown in sandy soils over ironstone in the Blewitt Springs sub region of McLaren Vale and benefit from the cooling breezes flowing down from the Mount Lofty Ranges and in from the nearby coast.
VINTAGE
A very dry growing season lead to the earliest start to vintage anyone can remember
Low winter rains, but ideal spring weather meant that despite the dry conditions, fruit set in spring was good and crop levels for many varieties were around average, with berry numbers average to slightly above, but a smaller berry size leading to good concentration of flavour. Whilst harvest started early, conditions were relatively mild for much of harvest, except for a 4-day heat wave in mid-February, but this caused little damage and fruit ripened gradually to have great flavour, ripe tannin profiles in the reds and good concentration.
WINE MAKING
This wine is made from a combination of hand-harvested fruit from old vines and machine harvested fruit from younger vines. The fruit harvested in the cool of the early morning and gently pressed, this dry style rosé underwent a slow and cool fermentation in stainless steel with extended time on lees ad regular stirring to build texture and mouthfeel.
Vegan friendly.
FOOD PAIRING
Steamed fish with ginger, Caprese salad or a fresh pesto pasta
WINEMAKER
Renae Hirsch