Daosa Rosé 2022

Pinot Meunier takes the majority of the blend with 66% followed by Pinot Noir 30% and Chardonnay 10%. Grown in a few sites across the cool Piccadilly Valley. 22 months in bottle on lees with a low dosage of 6g/L. A pale tangelo hue in the glass. Macerated Alpine strawberries, bayberry and rambutans. There is some gala apple skin too and a ruby grapefruit citrus push. A wondrous world of flavour with acidity that pulls the berries back into stone fruit tones. Some gravelly clay and blood orange juice. This is almost spritz-like in that it has all the dimensions for a good time. A very giving wine that would be superb with a saffron and shellfish risotto, but equally delicious on its own sipped with your bestie by your side.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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