Rua Pinot Rose
Tasting Note
VINEYARDS - Bannockburn and Pisa
Bannockburn-
Cairnmuir Road 28%
Cliff's Terrace, Lakeview, Southview, Cairnmuir Rise
Clones: 5, 10/5, 777, 115
Row orientation: East / West
Soil: Very sandy fine schist with free draining loams
Vine age: 17-23 years old
Trellising system & pruning: VSP, spur
Felton Road 35%
Kofiua
Clones: 5,10/5; varying rootstocks
Aspect: North/north west sloping elevated glacial terrace
Row orientation: east/west
Soil: weakly structured light alluvial soils overlaying schist rock
Elevation: 270m
Vine age: 22 years
Trellis system & pruning: VSP, spur
Pisa -
25 Steps 19%
Clones: 5, 6
Aspect: Highly undulating glacial terrace
Row orientation: east/west
Soil: weakly structured light alluvial soils overlaying schist rock
Elevation: 270m
Vine age: 17 years
Trellis system & pruning: VSP, spur
Murrell 19%
Clones: 6
Aspect: flat and level river terrace
Row Orientation: north/south
Soil: fine silt loam over schist based alluvial gravels
Vine Age: 22 years
Trellis & pruning: VSP, spur
VINIFICATION
Cold Soak: 5-8 days
Ferment Vessel: 100% tank
Yeast: Inoculated
VINTAGE
Growing conditions: Characteristically unpredictable Central Otago growing conditions bookended by frost events. Overall, a cool, settled season with good rainfall resulting in long, gentle development of flavour and physiological ripeness. Budburst, flowering and fruit set all right on schedule this year for our cool climate region.
Grower Degree Days: 1,100 GDD
Rainfall: 426 ml Oct-April
TASTING NOTE
Wildly exotic fruit salad perfume of pineapple, passionfruit, strawberries and watermelon. Heady florals too - jasmine, lilies and gardenia. The centre palate is perfumed with balancing freshness from notes of pink grapefruit and feijoa, and a soft, lifted finish. Delicious!
Winemaker’s Notes:
“The complexity in our 2019 Rua Pinot Rosé comes from diverse vineyard selection across two sub regions - Bannockburn and Pisa. The Pisa vineyards brings energy and tension to the acid structure, and the Bannockburn vineyards contribute fruit richness and character. The parent material of the soil here is schist; ground up over time, giving the wine a spine of minerality and glacial purity."
CELLARING
2-3 years.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Vineyard Manager: Mark Naismith
Winemaker: Andrew Keenleyside
Harvest date: 8th-29th March 2019
Brix at Harvest: 19-21
Alcohol: 12 %
Residual Sugar: 6.0 g/l
Titratable Acidity: 6.5
Bottled: July 2019
PH: 3.35

RUA Pinot Rose
2019