Cable Bay Awatere Valley Pinot Rosé 2020

Cable Bay Awatere Valley Pinot Rosé 2020Dry style Watermelon & raspberry Pink grapefruit Fine texture "Youthfully charming and immediately appealing, the bouquet shows crunchy apple, lemon peel, nectarine and floral aromas with a hint of raspberry. The palate offers bright fruit flavours together with fine texture and zesty acidity, making it crisp and delightfully drinkable. At its best: now to 2022" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Nov 2020 Stunning vibrant aromatics light florals, watermelon,

• Dry style
• Watermelon & raspberry
• Pink grapefruit
• Fine texture

"Youthfully charming and immediately appealing, the bouquet shows crunchy apple, lemon peel, nectarine and floral aromas with a hint of raspberry. The palate offers bright fruit flavours together with fine texture and zesty acidity, making it crisp and delightfully drinkable. At its best: now to 2022" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Nov 2020

Stunning vibrant aromatics - light florals, watermelon, raspberry and nectarine. The palate is full of juicy pink grapefruit and pomegranate flavours with a lovely mineral texture and a refreshingly dry finish. A gem expressing the special terroir in the Awatere Valley.

Cable Bay's carefully selected, estate owned site benefits from naturally terraced land, which leads down to the Awatere River. The region is blessed with low rainfall and low vigour soils, predominantly formed from alluvial gravel, which lend remarkable texture and minerality to the wines. The vines are also closely planted which results in lower yields of top quality fruit. They grow Pinot specifically for Rosé production, a different method to that of growing for red wines.

The grapes were harvested early in the morning, and led straight into the winery. The berries were then cold soaked for a few hours to extract some lovely colour from the skins. After this maceration, the must was pressed and the clear pink juice was fermented using neutral yeast to ensure the fruit purity was upheld and expressed. After a cool fermentation, the wine was allowed to rest for 4 months in stainless steel tanks before bottling, with no fining and minimal filtration.

Food Pairing: Watermelon, mint and feta salad with pomegranate seeds.