2024 Kōparepare Marlborough Pinot Noir Rosé
$21.00
TASTING NOTE
Kōparepare (gift or contribution in Te Reo Māori) is a passion project from Whitehaven Wines. For every bottle sold, we donate to LegaSea, a non-profit organisation dedicated to restoring marine abundance in NZ.
Colour / Appearance: Pale, salmon pink colour.
Aroma / Bouquet: Strawberry, red apple and watermelon.
Palate: Medium-bodied, this wine is generous and fruity, with a delicious strawberries & cream profile, watermelon and spice flavours. It finishes soft and dry, leaving a mouthwatering texture.
Cellaring: This wine is ready to be enjoyed young and fresh, or within two years of the vintage date with careful cellaring.
Food Match: This is a lovely food wine. Pair it with sustainably sourced seafood.
Serve: Lightly chilled
Alcohol: 12.5%
Residual Sugar: 1.4 g/L
Acidity: 6.3 g/L
pH: 3.41
VITICULTURE & WINEMAKING
Climate: The growing season leading into the 2024 vintage began after a dry winter, with the soil water balance in deficit. Fewer inflorescences and then a protracted flowering window in November and December, resulted in poor fruit set and fewer berries per bunch. Dry conditions persisted for the duration of the growing season, minimising disease threats and resulting in clean fruit. A spell of warm weather through late December and January, in combination with the lighter crop, resulted in a rapid physiological advancement. This trend continued until the start of harvest in early March. Fortuitously, the headwaters of the Wairau and Awatere river systems received enough rain to keep irrigation schemes open through the season and into harvest, at which point a return to cool, crisp days became the norm. Fruit was harvested at more elevated sugar levels than the previous two seasons.
Grape Growing: Sourced from three estate-grown or managed vineyards - 11% from Pauls Road, 38% from Holmewood (Rapaura) and 51% from Little Alfred (Southern Valleys). The vines were trained to a mixture of 2 and 3-cane or spur-pruned vertical shoot position design. Vines were thoughtfully managed, with open canopies and prudent crop-thinning helping to create fully ripe, clean fruit.
ACCOLADES
- TROPHY - Champion Rosé - Marlborough Wine Show 2024
- "It's delightfully expressed on the nose, showing sweet strawberry, Gala apple, nectarine, and floral aromas. The palate displays youthful fruit flavours with fine texture and beautifully pitched acidity, making it refreshing and mouth-watering." 93/100 points (5 stars) - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
- "Charming aromas of strawberry, cherry blossoms, and red currant, with a fun whip of strawberry laces. The palate offers a fresh, dry, youthful character with ripe redcurrant, crunchy cranberry, and sweet strawberry flavours mirroring the nose. A subtle saline note intertwines fresh acidity, finishing on lifted, perfumed red fruits." 90/100 points (4.5 stars) - The Wine Writer
- "Bright, light pink, the vigorous 2024 vintage is freshly scented, with vibrant, delicate strawberry, watermelon and spice flavours, and a crisp, dry finish. It's full of drink-young charm." 4 stars - Michael Cooper
- "Bright, even, pale blush-pink. The nose is intense, with aromas of strawberry, cherry, rose petals and watermelon. Medium-bodied, aromas of strawberry, raspberry and watermelon melded with rose perfume. The refreshing acidity injects vibrancy into the fragranced fruit, silky and refreshing. Serve as an aperitif or match with cold cuts over the next 2-3 years." 90/100 points (4 stars) - Candice Chow
