HDL Rose Wine Organic 2019

Elaboration

Forty years ago, the Zeppenfeld-Kreikenbaum family arrived in the Alentejo and found something they hadn't been looking for: a valley called Vale de Camelos, a landscape that demanded to be farmed with care and 1,000 hectares of potential that could only be realised organically. Four decades later, that commitment to the land is visible in every bottle. HDL Rosé is built on strict crop control from the first green cutting of the season, hand-harvested in the cool morning hours to preserve freshness, whole-bunch pressed immediately on arrival and fermented slowly in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Five months of maturation on fine lees. Minimum intervention throughout. The result is a rosé of genuine complexity — raspberry and cherry on the nose, grapefruit and ripe strawberry on the palate, creamy yeast and lasting minerality on the finish. Organic Alentejo winemaking at its most honest and most rewarding.