Desert Heart ‘Magic Moments’ Central Otago Rosé 2015

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• Desert Heart ‘Magic Moments’ Central Otago Rosé 2015
  Rose from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 21-Aug-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Light strawberry peach-pink colour with some depth, lighter on the rim. The bouquet is softly full and densely packed with aromas of savoury, cooked strawberries, quince and peach, and an amalgam of red florals with nutty suggestions. Dry to taste and medium-full bodied, the palate possesses rich, lush and juicy flavours of savoury strawberries, quince and peach fruit, with lifted red florals and subtle nutty notes. The palate has good weight and presence, and mouthfilling flavours. The wine flows smoothly, with light, background acidity, along with a little unctuousness and roundness, to a gently concentrated finish of strawberries and peaches. This is a mature rich and luscious dry rosé with mouthfilling flavours of savoury strawberries, quince and peaches on a rounded palate with balancing freshness. Serve with antipasto, poultry and pork dishes over the next 18 months. 100% Pinot Noir fruit from Bannockburn, saigneed, the wine spending 24 hours on skins and fermented in seasoned French oak to 13.5% alc. and 2.5 g/L RS, the wine aged on lees. Winemaker: Francis Hutt. 17.0/20 Aug 2017 RRP $23.00 Disclaimer: This wine is distributed by ‘Wine2Trade’, the company under which ‘Raymond Chan Wine Reviews’ operates.