Clover Hill Rosé MV
Clover Hill was founded in 1986, on the site of a former dairy farm in north-east Tasmania with the sole purpose of producing premium, world-renowned sparkling wines.
The Clover Hill site was selected for it’s ancient volcanic soils and sheltered amphitheatre. These fertile, undulating hills are now lined with rows of Clover Hill’s Pinot vines. The 66-hectare property in Lebrina, Pipers River, overlooks Bass Straight and provides an optimal vineyard environment. A cool maritime climate, with mild autumn temperatures ranging between a high of 25 and a low of 10 degrees. This results in a long ripening season, allowing superior flavour development, low sugar levels and high natural acidity: the perfect combination for super premium wine in traditional sparkling varieties - Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
The process of crafting elegant sparkling wines in the traditional, French manner, known as méthod traditionelle (traditional method), is a highly specialised field. This places Clover Hill in an elite group as one of the few sparkling houses in Australia to exclusively utilise this method.
Under their multi-vintage philosophy, Clover Hill focus on managing a reserve wine program to consistently produce wines of elegance and excellence. This approach allows them to create a highly desirable Clover Hill house style. They use four reserve wines – on yeast lees in tank and bottle combined with reserves in oak – large format oak – Foudre and stainless steel. Holding the reserve on yeast lees enhances freshness and vibrancy with the benefit of reducing the use of preservatives. The oaked components enhance and contribute both viscosity and mouthfeel to the wines.
The Multi-Vintage Rosé has a pink salmon hue with hints of Cherry and Rose blossom on the nose. On the palate it exhibits a rich and concentrated mouth feel with texture and vibrancy of fruit extended by the natural acidity. This Rosé is layered and creamy as well as delivering lovely red forest fruits and a crunchy persistent acidity which drives the wine through to a balanced and long finish..
The Finer Details
Style - Sparkling
Varietal - Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
Country - Australia
Region - Clover Hill, Tasmania
Vintage - Multi-Vintage
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 12.5%