2025 Tahbilk Grenache Mourvedre Rose

Fresh and juicy finishing long, dry and slippery textured.

Drawing on Tahbilk estate plantings of Grenache and Mourvèdre the fruit for this moreish Rose is picked early to retain freshness and delicacy, with the grapes crushed and pressed with as little oxygen contact as possible to preserve the fresh fruit characters. A technique favoured in Provence is then used to increase texture and mouthfeel, by mixing the cold juice (including the pulp and solids) with nitrogen gas briefly each day over four days. The wine is then racked to produce clear juice and fermented with a specific Rosé yeast.
Produced from a blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. Vibrant damask pink tinged colour. Leaping out of the glass are aromas of raspberry, strawberry and pomegranate followed by some musk and light spice notes. Fresh and juicy, raspberry, strawberry and pomegranate fruits fill the mouth. Lively acidity lends an energetic feel with notions of musk and spice extending through the long, dry, slippery textured finish.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews.....
Not your usual strawberries-and-cream rosé experience, although strawberries together with dark cherries and raspberries do figure here. No, this brings a little bit extra to the glass in bramble and hints of wild herbs together with peppery spice, musk and a touch of earthy savouriness. It's a strong combo, delivered briskly with lingering red cherry and stone-dry freshness. Drink by 2028.
95 points
Jeni Port - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion