Auntsfield continues the proud heritage of Marlborough’s first vineyard and winery established in 1892.
Our Single Vineyard wines are made from grapes grown at Auntsfield Estate. Each wine shows the distinctive characteristics of ripeness, texture and minerality – qualities unique to the ancient Greywacke rock and Loess clay soils of the vineyard.
Pinot Noir holds a special place in our hearts. We grow the grapes and make this wine with particular care and attention.
TASTING NOTES
COLOUR: Deep pomegranate red with orange hue.
AROMA: Fragrant lifted aromas of cherry, strawberry and kirsch, lifted with candied citrus rind and warm spices.
PALATE: The palate of this wine shows the concentration of the vintage. This is a weighty and generous rosé. The palate is full with concentrated flavours of cherry, spice, kirsch and complex spices.
ANALYSIS: Alc 14% | pH 3.5 | TA. 6.4 g/L
WINEMAKER NOTES
Hand harvested fruit was put into an open top Pinot Noir tank as whole clusters to perform Carbonic fermentation (an enzymatic fermentation which occurs within the individual whole grapes). Upon completion of carbonic fermentation, a small amount of juice was drained from the tank to a single barrel. The wine was aged in oak for 12 months before being hand bottled unfiltered, and un-fined. This wine may form a small amount of sediment as a result of this low intervention process.
VITICULTURIST NOTES
The 2021 season was another amazing vintage. Regular winter rainfall and an unseasonably cold spring kept cropping levels very low. These cropping levels were some of the lowest ever seen in Marlborough. Summer was very dry but stayed relatively cool resulting in healthy vines with no disease or water stress. There was a slow progression into Autumn with a long drawn-out ripening period where the fruit reached optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
TASTING NOTES
COLOUR: Pale salmon
AROMA: Fragrant lifted aromas of strawberry and rock melon, lifted with candied citrus rind and dried rose petal.
PALATE: The palate is refreshing with a lovely density showing white peach, floral notes and citrus zest. The finish offers lifted spice, salinity and fresh watermelon lightness. The wine strikes a balance between attractive fruit, taught phenolics and mineral acidity.
ANALYSIS: Alc % 13.0| pH 3.27 | TA. 6.7 g/L
WINEMAKER NOTES
Fruit was hand harvested from Auntsfield’s Hillside. The fruit was chilled and hand sorted before being whole bunch pressed. This gentle extraction removed the lightly colored Pinot Noir juice off skins before grippy phenolics, resulting in an elegant and light style of rose. The wine was kept on yeast lees with stirring for three months. The light lees providing a softening and slipperiness to this ethereal wine.
VITICULTURALIST NOTES
The 2024 season was characterised by a low cropping level and a very dry Summer. Regular winter rainfall and a very cool Spring encouraged canopy growth but reduced cropping levels. A Summer drought further reduced cropping levels and produced disease free vines with a lot of ripening capacity. The slow progression into Autumn, along with the long-drawn-out ripening period, allowed the fruit to reach optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
© Auntsfield Estate, 2024 / Terms of Trade / Privacy
