2017 Best's Great Western Pinot Noir Rose, Great Western

Very pale salmon pink, with a clear rose hue . A perfumed nose of tea roses, peaches, wild strawberries and mountain streams on a spring day. A soft and rounded stone fruit and berry flavours with a creamy, but clean and dry finish. Drink fresh and young up to 2021

The vineyard got off to a great start, but dry conditions throughout the spring triggered a devastating frost on 4th November. The grapes on the lower vineyards were lost, but those on higher elevations where largely unaffected. With good irrigation management the vines prospered in the warm days and cool nights. Apart from a few warm days in January the conditions were excellent and perfect ripening weather continued long into the Autumn.