MAAN Wines, 'Sailor' Rosé

This rosè made from grenache grapes is a rosè purists ideal. With flavours of red apple, boysenberry and hints of sherbet - it's an amazing rosé.

• Grape: Grenache
• Flavours: Red apple, boysenberry and a hint of sherbet
• Region: McLaren Vale South Australia
• Serve with: Vietnamese or Thai food or a simple cheese plate
• Serve temperature: chilled
• Small-batch handmade wines
• All fruit is basket-pressed, an old school method which ensures a soft press and treats the wine with a lot of finesse, then fermented with wild yeast and allowed only a touch of oak to retain freshness and fruit, and then finally bottled without fining or filtration.

About the winemaker

Cousins Anthony Neilson and Matt Anderson founded MAAN Wines in 2014, after many years of working in every corner of the wine world - as far away as St. Emilion in Bordeaux and the Santa Ynez Valley in California, and closer to home in Adelaide Hills, the Clare Valley and Margaret River. Settling in McLaren Vale, their focus is on producing small batch, handmade wines that showcase the best that the Vale has to offer. In the vineyard and winery things are kept as simple as possible. All fruit is basket-pressed, an old school method which ensures a soft press and treats the wine with a lot of finesse, then fermented with wild yeast and allowed only a touch of oak to retain freshness and fruit. The Rosé undergoes batonage, delivering mouthfeel and texture. Finally, all wines are bottled without fining or filtration.

Wine review:

Delicious Magazine, Mike Bennie - "Rosé might be made for blazing hot days, but drink it now with gusto as a foil for the richer dishes of the cooler months.This gutsier rosé is sour-sweet in the best possible way, with rosehip-tea aromas chiming in. There's nice grip and pucker to the texture, which is great for cutting through fattier foods, or simply refreshing your palate." (2018 vintage)