The 2023 vintage of our Luminoso Rosé is composed of Nero d’Avola 50%, Sangiovese 45% and Shiraz (5%).

A tough growing season in 2023 meant the Nero d’Avola purchased previously to make our Rosé was unavailable for purchase. This necessitated the need to find an alternative to supplement the Nero d’Avola from our home vineyard in Eldorado. Fortunately we were able to find a high quality replacement in the form of Sangiovese from the Bungamero Vineyard in the Alpine Valleys managed by Tim Walpole.

A conscious decision was also made in 2023 to reduce the amount of solids with the aim of highlighting the bright fresh fruits displayed by these 2 varieties when picked early for the purpose of making a high quality Rosé. All fruit was handpicked and gently pressed with an early press cut made to ensure only the clean juice made its way to the rosé tank.

Once in tank the juice was chilled, settled and racked clean before inoculation with a combination of cultured and wild yeasts. The ferments were held below 15c to ensure delicate aromatics and flavours were retained. Racked post ferment with approximately 20% transferred to 10 year old French oak puncheons for 4 months maturation on lees.

Lightly filtered, vegan friendly, hand bottled onsite November 2023.

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