Country of Origin & Region

Winery

Australia, Lower Hunter region

Margan Family Winegrowers

Tasting Notes

Bright pink in colour with a full soft nose. The characters of the wine are a combination of spicy pepper from the region and lifted strawberry aromatics from the primary fruit characters. The palate is soft and rich with crisp clean acid. It is a dry style of rose which is not a reflection of the presence of red grape tannins, rather the lack of residual sugar. The wine has been made to drink as a young wine and should be consumed nicely chilled.

Food Accompaniments

An ideal accompaniment to salads, pasta or barbeques.

Awards, Reviews and other Notes

89 pts Wine Advocate Issue #173 Oct 2007
Medium pink with a perfume of roses, spice box, and strawberry. Dry and ripe on the palate, this medium-bodied Rose is savory and long in the finish. Drink it over the next 12-18 months with grilled foods or a pulled pork sandwich.

88 pts Stephen Tanzer 2007
Dark pink. Ripe red berry aromas are complicated by white pepper and orange zest. A weighty, rather brooding style of rose, with deep raspberry flavor and a chewy texture. Serve it with food.

Winemaker Notes

Saignée (pronounced sanyay) is a French term that refers to the juice run-off from a red fermenter. This process actually concentrates the red wine made from the juice left behind in the fermenter. The juice run-off has typically been coloured by the skins in the fermenter and as such it is possible to make a rose style wine from this juice. This juice was run-off from 100 % Hunter Valley Shiraz grown on our 40 year old Cornerstone Vineyards at 0.8 tonne to the acre picked at full ripeness. After the juice is run-off it is then fermented and treated like a white wine using controlled cold fermentation temperatures. The wine has had no oak treatment and was bottled early to keep it fresh.

UPC Code

Chemical Analysis

Varietal

752183289870

Alcohol: 14%
pH: 3.67
Total Acid: 4.9 mg/L
Residual Sugar: 2.1 g/L
Free/Total Sulfur: Nil / 6 mg/L

Rose