Cobaw Ridge Pyrenees Rosé 2023

The journey further afield from the Cobaw estate continues and the well-loved, oft-plundered Chapoutier organic vineyard in Pyrenees is the quarry here. This is whole bunch pressed and sent to oak and terracotta amphora for its pre-bottle life. It relaxed for a year and then got sent to its glass prison. Unleashed, a special pink wine.

It’s very fine, lightweight but glossy, raspberry and cherry juice, rose hip tea, sour-sweet in a way with some green almond, light sugared almond characters, subtle curry spice notes, some alpine herbs in the mix. Cool, restrained yet flavoursome and with exceptional length and persistence of fresh, briny minerality. It’s straight up delicious and wildly drinkable stuff.