2022 Vanguardist Grenache Mourvedre Rose

Highly Rated
Vanguardist |McLaren Vale |Mataro/Mourvedre
A gorgeously textural Mourvedre rose from McLaren Vale. Soft, zesty and savoury.

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This is a first release for Michael Corbett at Vanguardist, and it's an absolute belter of a rose.

The fruit was sourced from two organic and biodynamic vineyards in Blewitt Springs, hand-harvested and pressed as whole bunches. It then went through spontaneous fermentation in a variety of vessels - one third into steel tanks, one third into concrete sphere and one third into egg. The whole lot went through full malo.

After all this special treatment, it comes out the other side as a beautifully textural rose filled with character and zestiness. An absolutely special wine.

The fruit source is the same as the dry red versions. Rende Grenache (66%) and Yangarra Mourvèdre (34%) both organic and Bio-dynamic certified, in Blewitt Springs. 2022 was the second mild vintage in succession. Slightly cooler and with more rainfall during the season, harvest was a couple of weeks later than the previous year.

Both blocks were hand harvested on the 9th March and combined as whole bunches and direct pressed. After a night of cold settling the juice was rough racked and begun spontaneous fermentation in three vessel types. Steel tanks, eggs and a concrete sphere. They all added different attributes and character to this textural and energetic rosé. After full malo-lactic fermentation the wine was racked off gross lees and continued elevage in tank and sphere for a further four months prior to bottling without fining or filtration.

94 Points - "Pale spicy, dusty and gently earthy, fennel and pink grapefruit, redcurrant, fruit a little down low, texture up. Very zesty, a lot of pink grapefruit and bloody orange, tangy, quite bony, fine dusty texture and grip. though a gentle creaminess to it, and savoury too, lots of sappy and citrus flavours on a long finish. It seems to be built for ageing, though you can serve it now too, cool but not cold!" - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

95 Points - "A pallid coral, flecked with onion-skin edges. Gorgeous. Tangerine, cumquat and freshly lain tatami straw. The acidity, dutiful. A mid-weighed, fresh and immensely savoury rosé that leans on a chewy rail of phenolics and a swirl of white miso lees work doused with raw almond and orange oil. A quinine bite to conclude a delicious experience." - Ned Goodwin MW (Halliday Wine Companion)

Vanguardist

Vanguardist is an up and coming producer from McLaren Vale started by three friends after many long nights in Hawkes Bay talking about their shared love of wine.

Their mission is to bring premium, authentic, small-batch wines to a market they see as crowded by "overly commercialised wines produced by corporates who take up all the elbow room."

They source very high-quality fruit from great vineyards across South Australia, looking to build wines with texture and vibrancy.

With experienced winemaker Michael Corbett at the helm, the future looks bright for this plucky challenger brand.

Winemaker Michael Corbett - Photo Credit: Brad Fleet Vanguardist

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