Vintage
2020
ABV
13.5%
Wine Type
Rosé
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
This wine is made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes and is made to be light, refreshing and you should see the grapes in the bottle. This wine was only released in September 2020 and is nearly sold out. The 2021 will be released in June 2021.
Accolades
Wine Enthusiast Feb 2021 - This pale, peachy-colored rosé is bursting with peak-summer peach pit and tree flower aromas. Smooth and generous, this is a creamy wine that has more palate substance and breadth than its dainty color might imply. Sappy—even pillowy—and exuberant, this should be bought with enthusiasm and enjoyed early. Though there is a touch of dryness on the finish, there are no obvious tannins and the supporting acidity is very smartly integrated.
Winemaker's Bio
Mark Kozned wine journey started in 1998 when he decided that he wanted a new life (that’s when Nova Vita (yes it means new life) was born) sitting with Joanne in a little French café in London. After being away from Australia for 7 years he gave up his international investment banking career to pursue his real passion – growing grapes and making wine (and drinking truckloads of it!).
Twenty years of grape growing and 10 vintages later at Tintara and Revenir and an on-and-off again Masters of Viticulture and Oenology at Adelaide University (yes its still only 80% complete) and he is still restless.
Wine making philosophy – let the grapes do the talking. This includes:
• sustainable practices in the vineyard are key - he keeps experimenting with organic practices but the terroir makes it difficult
• making wines that are balanced and elegant and readily smashable. He believes in getting back to basics and letting the grapes do the talking not winemaking gobbledygook – hopefully this produces wines that are fuller and scrumptious!
• where possible using natural yeast (wild ferment) and certainly no animal products.
• going on a natural wine tangent to have some more fun, edginess and risk with Project K
Wines he loves to make – his latest focus is on the natural field-blend wine project called Project K where a huge amount of risk with uncertain outcomes has produced amazing wines. His favourite is The SPN - a co-fermented Shiraz/Pinot field blend.
