Pét Nat Rosé Sparkling

The Strelley Farm Pét Nat Rosé is delicious enough to transport you to another time and place.  In the glass a bright guava colour exudes a fun and playful vibe and juicy, exotic aromas of papaya, pink grapefruit, guava and zesty tangerine peel evoke all the best summertime memories. Fruit with bold and expressive aromatics were carefully selected for this Pét Nat and the wine was then made in a hands-off, minimal intervention style before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.  This is a lightly sparkling wine with a mouthwatering, juicy acidity bursting with vibrant tropical flavours. Best drunk on a hot summers' night with your feet in the sand, watching the golden sun slowly dip below the horizon. Cheers!

Colour

Cloudy pink guava.

Aroma

Exotic notes of papaya, tangerine, and pomegranate. Smells like hot nights on a beach in Hawaii.

Palate

Zesty and alive with bold flavours dancing across the palate: the first pick of slightly unripe strawberries, the skin of a fuzzy yellow peach and a freshly baked brioche, hot from the bakery. A fine bead carries bright tropical flavours across the palate with a long, juicy finish.

Cellaring

Best enjoyed within 24 months of release.

Winemaking

A unique field blend allowed to finish fermentation in the bottle with all the goodness included.

Region

Tasmania

Varieties

Sauvignon Blanc
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Gewürztraminer

Analysis

• Alcohol: 12.5%

Tasmanian salmon pate with fresh dill on cracked pepper lavosh.

Jeni Port, Wine Pilot, August 2023

Hold on to your hat. This delightful, gently sparkling wine is comprised of not one or two, but five grape varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Gewürztraminer. That’s a busy blend for sure, but it works a treat. Pét-Nat tends to write its own rules. This is right up its alley. With so many personalities joined by the bubble here, the result is the kind of individuality which works so well with the petillant naturel (Pét-Nat) style, bringing a taste of the exotic and filling the mouth with a plush, textural appeal, not to mention flavour. Colour is a smoky pink-salmon. Aromatics are lifted and lively in rose petal, cranberry, cherry, mango and riveting spice. On the palate, the small but essential role of Gewürztraminer’s spice has to be noted in elevating a sense of the exotic – not to mention Sauvignon’s touch of herbal intrigue – alongside warm tropical fruit and berry notes. The gentle, fine bubble caps off a delicious sparkling. So many Pét-Nats tend towards the bland. This isn’t one of them.

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