Wild Earth Pinot Noir Rosé 2023

Vintage notes:
The 2022-2023 growing season was relatively warm overall with a mild Winter and Spring and good weather at flowering resulting in excellent yields. January was warmer than usual which actually caused the vines to stagnate rather than accelerate, so we picked a day later than in the warmer 2022 vintage. Lower acids at lower brix allowed us to pick early and achieve a dry-style Rose with perfectly balanced alcohol. We have worked with this vineyard for the past three years and each season is our new favorite!

Wine making notes:
The Pinot Noir for the 2023 Wild Earth Pinot Noir Rosé was picked early in the season on the 23rd of March using two clones: 70% was clone 943 for freshness and acidity and the balance was clone 5 for concentration and fruit purity. This established vineyard in Pisa is a favorite of ours for growing Pinot Noir that creates Rosé that is dry, fresh and delicious, The hand-harvested grapes were left on skins for 2 days before pressing which helped extract the beautiful colour. The cool fermentation was predominately in a stainless steel tank with around 15% in neutral oak.

No fining products are used to make this wine. This wine is vegan.

Alcohol: 13.0%
PH: 3.18
T.A: 6.5 g/L
Residual Sugar:  4.35g/L

Awards & reviews
5 stars, 94 points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit (Aug 2023)
“It’s splendidly ripe and elegantly aromatic on the nose showing sweet strawberry, apricot, fig and lemon zest aromas, leading to a finely flowing palate that’s juicy and flavoursome. Delightfully styled with succulent fruit flavours, finishing long and refreshing. At its best: now to 2026”.

5 stars – Michael Cooper (Sept 2023)
“Bright pink, with an attractive, freshly scented bouquet, the vigorous 2023 vintage (5*) is a single-vineyard wine grown at Pisa, in the Cromwell Basin.  Hand-harvested, it was mostly tank-fermented, but 15 per cent was handled in old oak casks. Mouthfilling, it is very youthful, with strong, vibrant watermelon, strawberry and spice flavours, appetising acidity and a basically dry (4.3 grams/litre of residual sugar) finish.   Top drinking for the summer of 2023-24”.

92 points- premium – Cam Douglas MS (Aug 2023)
“A true raspberry and cherry hued appearance with a bouquet of red apple and bing-cherry, a touch of rose and raspberry flesh. Bright, fresh and youthful. On the palate a dry wine with a core of fresh red berry flavours, apple skin and fresh floral tones. A touch of stony mineral adds depth alongside a crisp and gently salivating acid line. Best drinking from late 2023 through end of summer 2025”.

17.5/20 points- Joelle Thomson (Aug 2023)
“This vibrant young rosé from Central Otago is already full of bright fruit flavours and drinking well with promising aromas of red berries; think of dried cranberries, ripe strawberries, cherries and raspberries, all intermingling in a light bodied, flavour packed wine. This drinks well now and will continue to do so for the next 18 months. Like most rosé, this is a wine to sip and savour while it’s young”.

4 stars, 90 points – Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review (Aug 2023)
“Fragrant, aromatic rosé with red rose petal, bright cherry and raspberry flavours supported by a refreshing backbone of vibrant acidity and subtle fresh herbs. Smooth-textured, full-flavoured, tangy wine. 2023-2026”.

4 stars, 18/20, 90 points – Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews (Aug 2023)
“Bright, even, pale raspberry pink. The nose is lush and voluminous, with aromas of ripe berries, maraschino cherries and rose petals. Medium-bodied, aromas of maraschino cherries, wild berries entwined with rose petals. The wine is packed with purity of fruit, hauled along a luminous acid line to a refreshing, dry finish. Serve as an aperitif or match with salamis over the next 2-3 years. Handpicked fruit from Pisa, left on skins for 2 days, fermented in stainless steel (85%) and neutral oak (15%) to 13% alc, 4.3 g/l RS. Vegan friendly”.