2022 Whitehaven 'The Daughters' Pinot Noir Rosé Méthode Traditionnelle
$49.00
Late Whitehaven co-founder Greg white was immensely proud of his three daughters. A legacy which Sue White has continued at the helm of Whitehaven.
‘The Daughters’ Pinot Noir Rosé Méthode Traditionnelle celebrates the special connection that Greg shared with his daughters, and the importance Sue continues to have in their lives.
Using traditional sparkling winemaking techniques, combined with Marlborough’s cool climate and plentiful sunshine, this is Whitehaven’s second Marlborough Méthode, the first being a Chardonnay/Pinot Noir Cuvée named ‘Samantha’.
TASTING NOTE
Colour / Appearance: Classic pale salmon colour with a fine bead.
Aroma / Bouquet: Elegant notes of wild strawberries, fresh raspberries and florals with an appealing yeast-derived brioche and custard character.
Palate: This Méthode Traditionnelle is a fine and elegant dry style of wine with freshness, gentle creaminess and impeccable balance. The aromas are reflected in the flavour profile and carry on to a long, precise, cleansing finish.
Cellaring: 3-5 years upon release. Over time we expect it will develop more toasty and savoury notes, and roundness on the palate.
Food Match: Try lightly grilled tuna or gentle oak smoked salmon.
WINE ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 12.2%
Residual Sugar: 3.7g/L
Titratable Acidity: 7.3g/L
PH: 3.25
Winemaking and Vineyards:
This is our third release of ‘The Daughters’ Méthode Traditionnelle rosé. The wine is named in recognition of Greg White’s admiration and love for his three daughters.
The wine was produced from Pinot Noir fruit from our Little Alfred vineyard in Marlborough’s Omaka Valley. A select parcel of fruit was handpicked at low Brix (19.6) to capture delicate flavours with bright acidity, and then gently whole bunch pressed to extract clean, pure juice for fermentation into base wine with a neutral yeast strain. Once primary fermentation was complete, the wine rested on lees (yeast sediment) for 6 months before it underwent malolactic fermentation to soften the acidity and microbially stabilise the wine. The wine was then bottled with a small addition of sugar and yeast (tirage) and underwent a second fermentation in bottle which produced additional alcohol and trapped carbon dioxide in the bottle (giving the bubbly effect upon opening in the finished wine). The wine was then aged on lees in bottle for 28 months, developing complexing, savoury and toasty notes. The final stages of the process was to move the sediment to the neck of the bottle (riddling) before expelling the lees from the bottle in a frozen plug (disgorging), re-topping the bottle with a small volume of sweetened wine (dosage), and finally corking the bottle.
Harvest date: 10/03/2022
Tirage date: 03/03/2023
Disgorgement date: 13/11/2025
Release date: February 2026
ACCOLADES
-
A lovely bouquet, almost smoky-like with the autolysis leesy drive then a scents and palate flavours of apple and grapefruit, red melon and a whisper of white peach. Crisp, dry, a very nice creamy-mousse mouthfeel, some acid led phenolics layer in texture and length. Balanced and well made with a fine finish. Leesy and fruity, crisp and dry. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2030. Cameron Douglas MS, 93 Points, Excellent
- Whitehaven is a member of Méthode Marlborough, a group of likeminded winemakers whose focus is to produce top quality sparkling wines made using the same traditional methods as their counterparts in Champagne. They use the same grape varieties, in this case solely Pinot Noir, which gives this dry sparkling rosé its pink hue and its aromas of raspberries, red currants and dried strawberries, which are held together here in a vibrantly youthful style of bubbly - newly disgorged, containing 3.7 grams per litre of residual grape sweetness and a long finish. Its best drinking window is now and over the next three years, which will see it soften and evolve into a more toasty style of bubbly. Excellent quality. Joelle Thomson, 18.5/20
