Pinot Noir Rosé 2022, Meldville Wines

Description from the Producer

VQA Niagara Peninsula

TASTING NOTES: A light pink colour with fruit forward flavours of raspberry and cherry and a hint of spice. The wine has a rich texture that is well balanced with a citrussy pink grapefruit finish. The perfect wine for a summer afternoon picnic. Will also pair well with light pasta dishes with shrimp or mildly spiced curry. And of course, enjoy with good friends!

WINEMAKER’S NOTES: Follow a fairly very wet late fall in 2021 and a very cold snap in January of 2022. This cold event was troublesome, some varieties such as Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc being badly damaged Winter continues well into April with a cooler than normal temperatures. Summer months were favourable for grape growing with lots of sun and heat with just enough rain, maybe too heavy at times but just enough at the right times!! Conditions for harvest was very good fruit quality was impressive but yields were lower than normal.

The grapes used for this wine were harvested by hand from a small Pinot Noir Vineyard in Niagara on the Lake grown by Martin Vagner. Soon after the harvest the grapes were crushed, destemmed and immediately pressed so as not to extract too much colour from the skins. The juice was settled for a coupe of days before being racked of the sediment and moved to a tank for ferment. Fermentation started naturally using an indigenous yeast. With cool temperatures throughout the ferment, it took almost 3 weeks to be competed giving some really amazing texture and bright, fresh fruit flavours and aromas.