TWO RIVERS ISLE of BEAUTY ROSÉ 2024

Gold Medal – The National Wine Awards Aotearoa New Zealand 2024 

It is no secret that we are great fans of Two Rivers Rosé and we love the style. Winemaker Dave Clouston is looking for a wine with a refreshing salty, briny character along with red summer fruits, Mediterranean herb flavours. He has succeeded brilliantly, with the wine an epitome of succulent, delicious refreshingness.

Winery notes (2024 Vintage)​
"Pale Pink in colour, this Mediterranean style rosé is savoury with aromas of rose petals, overlaying nuances of fresh cut watermelon, pink grapefruit, and botanicals. The juicy palate exudes crushed red berries, sherbet, and a seasoning of Pink Himalayan Salt. This elegant rosé is perfectly pronounced and enticing with a rounded mouthfeel and relaxed acidity delivering a mouthwatering, generous, and salty finish.

This year’s harvest stands out as one of the best in the past decade – allowing for perfect picking conditions. The Indian summer, followed by a cooler autumn, allowed for an even, slower ripening period, producing highly concentrated fruit with distinctive flavours. As a result, the wines are pure and powerful, with lifted aromatics, lively acidity and great energy."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2024 (2024 Vintage)
"There’s no mistaking the deliciousness in the bouquet with scents of mineral and light red berry fruits, a saline quality and gentle perfume of flowers and fruit spice. A tropical note and fine lees ageing adds breadth and intrigue. Pure, ripe, refreshing and salivating on the palate, what’s not to like! Flavours of cherry and light red berry flesh, lees and acidity layer in mouthfeel and pizzaz to the finish. Great drinking from day of purchase through 2027. To sum this wine up in just one word – ‘Yum’."

5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2024 (2024 Vintage)
"Elegant and fabulously expressed, the bouquet shows Gala apple, lemon peel and white floral aromas with a hint of pomegranate. The palate displays excellent focus and concentration, wonderfully framed by beautifully pitched acidity, finishing superbly long and refined. At its best: now to 2027."

5 Stars & 18.5+/20 (94) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, October 2024 (2024 Vintage)
"Bright, even, pale peach-pink. The nose is voluminous, with aromas of raspberry, strawberry, pomegranate and flower petals. Medium-light bodied, aromas of raspberry and strawberry intertwined with pomegranate rose and cherry blossom. The fruit is intense with beautiful aromatics, a dusty phenolic texture elevates and lingers to a crisp, thirst-quenching closing. Fermented cool in stainless steel to 12.5% alc, 3.5 g/l RS, aged on lees for 5 months."