Cocoa Hill Rose Wine

With its fine concentration of fruit ranging from strawberries, violet and hints of freshly cut grass and nuances of vanilla and even caramel the palate combines all these flavours with a full and rich mouth feel, leaving one with a fresh aftertaste and lively acidity of this dry Rosé. Tasting Notes: Through the winemaking efforts we focus on three facets of this wine: colour, aroma and taste. Of course it has to be the light salmon color of this wine that initially attracts one, however upon further investigation you will experience its fine concentration of fruit ranging from strawberries, violet and hints of freshly cut grass and nuances of vanilla and even caramel. The palate combines all these flavours with a full and rich mouthfeel, leaving one with a fresh aftertaste and lively acidity of this dry Rosé. Vintage Conditions: Initially we predicted 2011 to be a very short harvest. It started off slightly later for us and due to some extremely hot spells towards the end of February we anticipated that it would end a lot earlier than usual. This would have made things very difficult in the cellar as one only has so many hours within a day to process the grapes. Fortunately the weather did play along and with some patience it cooled down, even providing us with a few light showers to alleviate some of the heat stress on the later Cabernet Sauvignon varieties. Overall the quality was good and resultant wines balanced with lots of finesse.