Maestro Tejero Amanda Rosado 2023 cave-de-beblenheim The aromas are surprisingly dominated

The aromas are surprisingly dominated by red rather than black fruits and hints of spice

Otherwise the story

After blending the wine was left to settle before bottling on the Wairau River Estate

Scale and energy – there’s a chalky style to this wine too

with energy and focus and the signs of very early complexity

Maestro Tejero Amanda Rosado 2023 cave-de-beblenheim The aromas are surprisingly dominatedThis wild, pomegranate coloured rosado comes from a tiny, 60 year old, single vineyard called El Cuchillejo. Here the red juiced Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) vines grow on chalky clay soils at 930 meters of altitude, on the slopes of the Olmos de Duero valley. There are three hours of skin contact before the juice is bled off into small inox vats where the wine ferments without additions. Naturally clarified over winter, the wine is bottled