Warramunda Liv Zak Yarra Valley Rosé 2019
- 92
- $28
- Drink by: 2021 - 2025
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Rose is having a moment, actually, make that a big moment. It’s finally getting the kind of serious treatment it deserves and the results include plenty of stunners like this.
A blend of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc, the rose colour is a huge part of its attraction, the striking orange-pink, tea rose hue capturing the eye. Dusty, earthy cabernet notes with black cherry, peony/rose petal floral aromatics.
It is a deeply expressive rose, almost red wine like, with none of the confection notes you sometimes see. The cabernet family doesn’t tend to go down that route; it’s definitely dry, earthy and, in this instance, with a textural smoothness.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
