ASTROLABE
MARLBOROUGH Rosé 2021 750ml

Like the Marlborough Pinot Gris, this is an Awatere Valley based wine. This wine is 59% from the mid-south Awatere Valley, 28% from the lower Dashwood, on the north side, and the remainder from Kēkerengū. We have used 55% pinot noir and 45% pinot gris. The Marlborough Rosé was pressed off its skins immediately on arrvival to the winery. This year, we minimised skin contact, because there was good colour in the fruit, and we didn’t want it to be too dark. I am attracted to that pretty pale colour spectrum and don’t want it to be big and dark. This is a dry wine with less than one gram per litre of sugar. I'm aiming for a stylish, fresh and dry-style rosé. 

Simon Waghorn — Winemaker