Ros Ritchie, Mansfield, Victoria
After graduating from Roseworthy at the end of 1981, Ros returned home to Victoria to help establish and set up the Delatite winery. She was the winemaker for Delatite for the next 25 years, producing and growing the range of wines; these included the classic aromatics, methode champenoise sparkling, as well as red varietals and blends.
Many of these wines gained consistent critical acclaim both nationally and internationally, with 13 trophies, 39 Gold, 67 Silver and over 210 Bronze medals.
Over the years she took several opportunities to travel within France, Germany and Italy several times, but especially to Alsace, Baden, the Mosel, Rheingau and Pfalz, whose wines strengthened her passion for riesling and gewürztraminer and stimulated her interest in pinot gris...
2022 sauvignon blanc
Baxendale Vineyard
A lively wine, made from grapes hand-picked in second week of March 2015 from rows 1-6 of Baxendale’s vineyard in the Whitland Hills.
Tasting Notes
Showing flavours of gooseberry and guava with herbaceous notes, about 25% of the juice was barrel-fermented in new French oak puncheons and lees stirred for six weeks (then transferred to seasoned French barriques for a month) before blending back, which has contributed great complexity and texture to the wine.
Production: 400 cases
Alc 12.5% pH 3.15 TA 7.25g/l Resid 7.0g/l
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