Australian Rose

Halliday wine companion 2021 95 points....equal highest rated rose (with Turkey Flat). No indication on the information supplied as to the variety or varieties involved here, but no matter, let's just taste the wine. Strawberry, as is often the case with rose, supplies the most obvious fruit character on the bouquet, and you can find watermelon in there as well. In the mouth it's dry and quite savoury, but juicy as well, and beautifully textured. Good stuff. JH. Winemakers notes “Dry rosé is a great wine style – one that we put a lot of work into at Deep Woods Estate. This rosé continues a run of excellent vintages, combining great...

Saignee, technically meaning “to bleed game meat or poultry”, refers to the way we ‘bleed’ juice for this wine. We allow the Farr Rising pinot noir fruit to sit in tank for two to three hours before bleeding free-run juice at a suitable colour for rosé production. This process concentrates the pinot ferment, but we also produce a barrel-fermented rosé. Natural barrel fermentation at cool temperatures is followed by full malolacitc fermentation. The wine is then placed in four- and five-year-old barrels for 10 months before being filtered and bottled. We like to produce a very dry style of rosé, but with flavour and varietal...

James Halliday 93 points. 100% Grenache. COLOUR Pale salmon NOSE Fresh strawberry and water melon with hints of rose water. PALATE The nose follows through on the palate, a classical yet generous dry Rose exhibits approachable, subltle tannins balanced with acidity and a long dry finish. Fresh strawberry and water melon with hints of rose water on the nose and following through on the palate. This generous rose exhibits approachable subtle tannins balanced with the acidity creating a long lasting impression.

James Halliday 95 Points (equal highest rating rose with Deep Woods) “The pale pink hue reflects early-picked grenache with carefully measured tannins. The perfumed bouquet of rose petal/spices translates to juicy red berries and a whisk of Turkish delight on the palate of this high class rosé. Length and balance are spot on”. – James Halliday, The Australian. 94 Points “Mark Bulman is a dead set genius when it comes to making rosé. I bought a case of this last year, and I’ll be doing the same this vintage. I drink more rosé than any other wine style. A bit of smoky cap gun over white cherry, fresh strawberry, white pepper and...