2022 Vanguardist Rosé Magnum (1.5L)

REVIEW
Blewitt Springs 66% Rende Grenache, 34% Yangarra Mataro. 1/3 concrete sphere, 1/3 eggiweg, 1/3 tank. 100% malo.

Pale spicy, dusty and gently earthy, fennel and pink grapefruit, redcurrant, fruit a little down low, texture up. Very zesty, a lot of pink grapefruit and bloody orange, tangy, quite bony, fine dusty texture and grip. though a gentle creaminess to it, and savoury too, lots of sappy and citrus flavours on a long finish. It seems to be built for ageing, though you can serve it now too, cool but not cold!

Drink: 2024-2034

94 POINTS
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

GRENACHE (RENDE), MOURVEDRE (YANGARRA)
BLEWITT SPRINGS, MCLAREN VALE
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VINEYARD AND WINERY
The fruit source is the same as the dry red versions. Rende Grenache (66%) and Yangarra Mourvèdre (34%) both organic and Bio-dynamic certified, in Blewitt Springs. 2022 was the second mild vintage in succession. Slightly cooler and with more rainfall during the season, harvest was a couple of weeks later than the previous year. 

Both blocks were hand harvested on the 9th March and combined as whole bunches and direct pressed. After a night of cold settling the juice was rough racked and begun spontaneous fermentation in three vessel types. Steel tanks, eggs and a concrete sphere. They all added different attributes and character to this textural and energetic rosé. After full malo-lactic fermentation the wine was racked off gross lees and continued elevage in tank and sphere for a further four months prior to bottling without fining or filtration.

300 dozen produced + 250 x 1.5L magnums
Closure: DIAM Origine 10 49x24.2mm
FSO2: at bottling 22ppm
TSO2: 53ppm
pH: 3.15
TA: 5.9g/L
Malic acid: 0
Alcohol: 12.7%