About
Sparkling Pinot Noir rosé from Adelaide Hills fruit grown across the family's vineyard sites, made low-intervention — minimal additions and gentle handling from fruit to bottle, on a carbon-neutral, solar-powered operation that runs organic compost and cover crops. Pale pink with a fine, persistent bead: strawberry, raspberry, grapefruit and green apple with roasted almond and brioche behind, crisp acidity against a touch of gentle sweetness, finishing dry. Bright, juicy and seriously refreshing. Vegan friendly.
The Pinot Noir for this comes from Echunga, one of four Hills sites the Bartsch family works. The others are Lenswood, Lobethal and Forreston, and every Emmalene wine comes from one of the four.
Tim Bartsch and Mark Bulman go back to high school in the Hills. They studied side by side, then one took to the vineyard and the other to the winery. Their stated aim is simple: grow fruit that reflects the site, then make wine that reflects the fruit. The name they chose means a peaceful home, which they admit is a joke when two families are working together.
Serve it well chilled as the first glass of the day. It suits picnics, a charcuterie or cheese board, sushi, or any summer spread where the food keeps coming.
Producer note
Emmalene is a partnership of two Adelaide Hills families — the Bartsches, longtime fruit growers, and the Bulmans, winemakers — and the name appears in both family trees. The labels are drawn from grower Tim Bartsch's gran's 1941 school art project.
Structure
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Picked on Stef's structure profile.
