Australian Rose Wine Special

Gorgeous Grenache Rose

Grenache is Australia’s signature grape variety and we’re slightly obsessed with it.
Our first Rosé is sourced from an old, single vineyard in Berri. Beautifully pale, salmon pink with delicate aromatics and lovely texture, it lives up to its name.
Vintage Conditions
2020 vintage conditions in were perfect in many ways. A warm , dry early season gave way to a mild, sometimes cool, February and March which allowed for ripening at a very relaxed pace. Small yields across all regions concentrated the fruit flavours while the dry conditions led to low disease pressures. Sadly, the season will also be remembered for the devastating bushfires that preceded it and the unprecedented global Covid pandemic that struck right in the middle of vintage. A remarkable season in many ways and one that we hope will be remembered for all the right reasons when you taste the wines.
Winemaking
Fruit was hand-picked before gentle de-stemming and crushing followed by 3.5 hours on skins to extract minimal colour. A cool fermentation followed which
retained the aromatic, herbal notes and focussed the crisp, textural palate. Maturation on lees for 2 months helped increased texture prior to bottling.
Tasting
This beautifully pale rosé has lovely aromatic wild strawberry and cranberry notes on the nose. The palate is tangy, dry and textural with creamy berry fruit and a
deliciously moreish finish.Crafted from old vine Grenache, this racy rosé is a brilliant example of why we think Grenache is so Gorgeous.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Total Acidity: 6.12 g/l
pH: 3.08
Residual Sugar: <2 g/l
SO2: 85 mg/l
Fining: Bentonite
Vegan: Yes
Vegetarian: Yes

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Gorgeous Grenache Rose – great wine from Australia

Like the Thistle itself, our wines may appear robust on the surface but we seek deep flavours, a core of beautiful fruit and complexity that can be peeled back, layer by layer.

Foundstone Rose

Pale salmon in colour with bronze hues. Aromas of raspberry and strawberry with nuances of dried apricot. Fruit flavours of pomegranate, pink-lady apple and cranberry all feature in a lively palate with crunchy acidity. The wi Cooler summer conditions along with idyllic rainfall enabled an extended ripening period, producing wines with optimum acid retention and vibrant fruit flavours. The fruit was harvested in mid – February, in the cool of the night and immediately crushed, destemmed and chilled to press to minimise juice contact with the red coloured skins of the grape. The free run juice portion is retained and fermented at a low temperature using a carefully selected yeast that promotes varietal expression. After a short time on yeast lees, the wine is blended and filtered for bottling to retain vibrancy and fresh fruit flavours.ne finishes with soft strawberry cream notes.

Enjoy as an aperitif or as a compliment with fresh seafood such as natural oysters and prawns.

The Foundstone Rose displays lifted aromas of freshly cut lime and juicy ripe pear, leading to a zesty, crisp palate of granny smith apple and nashi pear with subtle hints of lemon grass.

Foundstone Rose

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Established by Bob & Cherie Berton in May 1996 with 75 acres of land at 450m above sea level on gently rolling hills in a sub-region of Eden Valley in South Australia. The Reserve Shiraz and Reserve Chardonnay wines are still sourced from this plot. In 2007 Bob purchased the Yenda winery in the heart of the Riverina. This state of the art facility allows Berton Vineyards to produce value for money wines which sit alongside his premium single vineyard offerings.

Great wines from the Eden valley by Berton Vineyards