Hither & Yon Rose 2018

We made two separate parcels for this Rose. The first parcel of Muscat Rouge and Carignan were picked together at early ripening in February, to make the floral and crisp style. Upon receiving at the winery the fruit was gently de-stemmed then crushed into the press, where it was held on skins for 45 mins to lightly enhance the colour and flavor of the juice. The juice was then settled and racked off solids. A small percentage of solids were retained for ferment with the juice, to enhance the body and mouth feel of the wine. For the second parcel, we picked the Nero d’Avola, Grenache and Touriga at full ripeness in April, to make the table wines. These wines were cold soaked and after two days, we bled of a small portion of juice from each variety and blended into tank. This parcel has provided some beautiful colour and berry
fruit sweetness, lolly flavours. We kept both parcels separate in stainless tanks, and then they were finally blended, cold stabilized and sterile filtered ready for bottle. Bottled on August 6, 2018, sealed under Stelvin screwcap