The Farr Rising range is always one we look out for; a range that showcases Nick Farr’s winemaking in a no compromise yet accessible manner. The 2024 Farr Rising Saignee Rosé is made with the Saignee method of bleeding the juices from the Farr Rising Pinot Noir fruit to colour and concentrate the flavours before barrel fermentation.
This is a very dry style of rosé, but with flavour and varietal sweetness. It has a salmon-pink hue, is perfumed with fruit and a lovely savoury, earthy palate, and has a long, dry structured finish. This is the perfect wine to have with food.
"This wine has been gone for too long. I’ve missed it. It has a pinkie onion skin vibe in the glass, and the nose is of ripe fruits, and a complex oak derived aroma, but not simply woody, maybe more like almonds or more specifically a marzipan character. On second smell, the nose is of a tropical fruit note, nothing too precise, but generous and ripe. It’s fun to keep going back to it. Few pink wines have this intrigue or complexity. I like that about it, especially in a world of triviality and instant gratification expected from rosé wine. This wine will only be more interesting as it develops and evolves, and that type of thing is becoming scarce. The palate of this wine is soft and generous, like a luxurious sofa. Something you don’t want to get out of. One of, if not Australia’s most impressive pink wines and for good reason. That reason being that it’s complex and delicious on release and if you find that you have some in a few years, it will still over deliver, as a terrific bottle of wine, regardless of colour."- Ben Knight.
