

Hand-harvested from our 26-year old estate, our philosophy is to produce wines that reflect our unique soil and location. Our Rosé perfectly captures the delicate essence of the Pinot Noir variety. Enjoy chilled over the next two years as an aperitif or with fresh, flavoursome food.
The Delamere Rosé perfectly captures the delicate
essence of the pinot noir variety. This wine, made from 100% pinot noir grapes,
is produced from a special parcel of land selected from the mature-aged vines
of Delamere Vineyards, which showed exceptional perfume and delicacy. The
carefully hand-harvested fruit was soaked on skins at a cool Tasmanian ambient
temperature (approximately 15° Celcius) for 36 hours before gentle
extraction of the juice for slow fermentation. All aspects of the winemaking
process have the aim of retaining as many of the delicate, yet intense, aromatic
compounds as possible. The resulting wine exudes strong strawberry rose petal
and spice characters, with excellent depth of flavour, together with a long,
delicate and juicy palate. The wine should be enjoyed chilled over the next
two years as an aperitif or with freshly prepared, flavoursome dishes.
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VITICULTURE
Close-planted vines at 7500/ha on own roots, low trellis, unirrigated, cane pruned vertical shoot position. The pinot noir wine is a made from the D5V12 clone.
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VINTAGE CONDITIONS
The 2007/8 vintage started out like another drought season. Warm conditions saw an earlier than normal budburst, but with excellent canopy health. Solid crop levels were evident from the get-go. Timely rainfall in January and February saw the vines ripen the crop to perfection with elegant fruit, great character and complexity.
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VINTAGE INFORMATION
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Region | Pipers River, Tasmania |
| WM | Shane Holloway |
| Harvest date | 3/4/08 |
| Oak | Unoaked |
| Alcohol | 12.1% |
| TA | 6.5g/L |
| pH | 3.42 |
| Cellaring | 2 years |