Misha’s Vineyard The Soloist Pinot Rose 2024

“Delicately salmon-pink hued, this dry Rosé flaunts its pomegranate, rose petal and strawberry aromatics then follows with a complex palate of boysenberries with vanilla and nougat notes.” Olly Masters (Winemaker)

This year all of the Rosé Pinot Noir fruit was lightly crushed, retaining stalks, into picking bins for 6 hr of soaking to extract some colour and flavour from the skins. This is a less extractive process compared to previous vintages with the subsequent wine being our lightest coloured Pinot Rosé, it still avoids the tannins that would be extracted if the ferment was carried out on the skins like a red wine. The clear juice is fermented in stainless steel, at low temperatures (15ºC), to retain aromatics and provide a freshness to the wine. A small proportion (3%) was also fermented in older oak to add complexity. The resulting Rosé is dry in style, with plenty of varietal character and fruit purity.