Wines
2021 RIKARD Sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé Magnum
Our 2021 Sparkling Rosé is made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes sourced from 1080m above sea-level. A complex and intensely aromatic pink sparkling wine which is perfect with food or on its own.
Intense white strawberry and red-cherry aromas on the nose with a hint of caramel and nuts. On the palate, a tight line of acidity drives the palate, which is laden with strawberries and blood orange characters and good mid-palate richness. There’s plenty of texture and some grippy tannins which help dry the palate and keeps it moreish. Lovely long finish and ever evolving in the mouth.
Only very small quantities were made of this unique wine and a large proportion was bottled into magnums – perfect for a gathering or a celebratory occasion.
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Description
We draw our inspiration for our sparkling wines from the “grower-style” wines of France. Sustainable winegrowing, minimal intervention winemaking, and a focus on the finished product being a fine wine of complexity and interest first and foremost – the bubbles being just another component to enhance their flavours.
We harvest fruit with half a degree of extra ripeness for a more full-bodied palate. We utilise endemic, “wild” yeast strains for complexity.
We ferment in old oak barrels and stir the wines during maturation for added texture. The base wines are then tiraged after 10 months of maturation and aged on lees for at least 4-5 years to bring yet more complexity and that lovely biscuity, toasty character you associate with great sparklings. They’re wines that are best poured into large glasses, swirled and sniffed and savoured not too cold, and they’re wines which should age well too.
Our 2021 Sparkling Rosé is made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes sourced from 1080m above sea-level. The highest in the Orange region.
Picked with abundant natural acidity, a hallmark of the 2021 vintage in particular, it was fermented via carbonic maceration for 15 days to enhance the cherry and strawberry aromas on the nose.
Pressed and matured in two French oak barrels (one of which was new) for 6 months. The wine went through its second fermentation in bottle and was allowed to rest en tirage for 12 months before disgorgement in November 2023.
The result is a complex and intensely aromatic pink sparkling wine which is perfect with food or on its own. Only very small quantities were made of this unique wine and a large proportion was bottled into magnums.
