DAOSA Piccadilly Valley Rosé 2021

This is the second release of our DAOSA Rosé from our Piccadilly Valley vineyards. This wine is made mainly from Pinot Noir (with Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier) following the principles of our Method ClassicTM. The rosé colour comes from more time in the press and also from the addition of a small volume of Pinot Noir still wine at tirage. It is a very complex style of rosé, with a pink salmon colour. The strawberry aromas and subtle red blossom fragrances carry through on the palate, with a dry and spicy finish.

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The fruit is sourced from several high altitude vineyard sites in the Piccadilly Valley, most of them with eastern aspects. All vineyards are on clay soils, with the geological formations mainly Basket Range Sandstone, Woolshed Flat Shale or Barossa Complex.

All the vineyards are at a minimum altitude of 500m, and were planted in the 1980s and 1990s. The Piccadilly vineyards are all managed by Terre à Terre, following the same strict management practices as the Crayères Vineyard, i.e. hand pruning (Guyot Double), shoot thinning, green harvest to control yields, and hand harvesting.

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• “Powerful, mouth-filling and layered” 95 Points – Aaron Brasher | The Real Review
• “A deliciously long palate with a creamy texture.” 94 Points – Ken Gargett | The Vintage Journal
• “Dry with a sourdough and saline finish of solid length” – Gary Walsh | The Wine Front
• “A new classic.” 95 points – Regan Drew | VinoNoteBook