2023 Sparkling Syrah Rosé
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This wine has a beautiful, rich rose colour and is currently showing bold aromas and flavors reminiscent of cherry, strawberry, raspberries. Fine carbonation bubbles evoke a lively, soft, pleasing mouthfeel with a clean lasting finish.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2023
Varietal
Syrah
Appellation
Okanagan Valley
Vineyard Designation
River Rock Vineyard
Harvest Date
September 2023
Bottling Date
March 2024
Alcohol %
13.2
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
The grapes for our Sparkling Syrah Rosé were grown on our Boulder City Vineyard in Oliver, BC. The winter of 2022-23 saw several cold weather events where temperatures dipped below critical bud health values. There were many predictions of possible primary and secondary bud death. Bud break started on April 28th but was uneven and many primary buds, as predicted, were dead. Spring was cool but by late April the weather was warming up. May was nice and warm as was the remainder of the summer. The volume of fruit was down significantly in our vineyards which resulted in a slightly early harvest date.
The vines were farmed sustainably with particular care and attention to canopy and water management. Harvest decisions were based on winemaker’s personal preference with particular attention to sugar/acid balance and flavor. The grapes were harvested September 18th. The vineyards are all on south facing slopes where soils are composed of rock, sand, and gravel laid down during the last glacial recession.
Winemaker Notes
The Syrah was hand picked, and destemmed. We made the Sparkling Syrah Rosé in a traditional style where we cold soak the grapes for between 24 and 48 hours and then fully press, separating the pulp from the juice. In so doing we are extracting some of the rich colour as well as some of the skin tannin which enhances the wines mouth feel. Then the clarified juice undergoes a cool temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The wine is further aged 3 months on the finer lees where complexity and mouth feel are developed. The 2023 vintage was then blended with 10% Pinot Gris and 5% White Merlot, fined and filtered. The carbonation was added just prior to bottling.