Hentley Farm Villain & Vixen Rosé 2025 from Barossa Valley delivers vibrant strawberries & cream, toffee apple, raspberry leaf and sage in a soft, fruit-forward style. This elegant Western Barossa rosé showcases modern winemaking with enhanced varietal character and textural finesse.
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Pale salmon pink with brilliant clarity, displaying a delicate hue that hints at the wine's elegant character.
Aroma
The nose opens with fresh strawberries and cream, complemented by toffee apple and bright raspberry leaf. Subtle sage adds an herbaceous complexity that lifts the fruit aromatics.
Palate
Vibrant and soft on entry, this fruit-forward rosé delivers layers of red berry flavours with excellent textural balance. The oxidative handling and stainless steel fermentation preserve the wine's freshness whilst allowing the fruit to shine. Sourced from select vineyards across Western Barossa, Mt. Crawford and Williamstown, the wine expresses true Barossa character with modern elegance.
Pairs With
Enjoy this versatile rosé with fresh seafood platters, grilled prawns, summer salads with goat's cheese, charcuterie board s, or light pasta dishes featuring tomato and basil.
The Villain & Vixen Rosé 2025 is crafted with precision to showcase the purity of fruit and true varietal character. Grapes are destemmed directly to press and oxidatively handled to develop textural complexity whilst preserving vibrant fruit expression. Following cold settling and clean racking, fermentation takes place in stainless steel to maintain freshness and enhance the wine's natural elegance. This modern winemaking approach, championed by Head Winemaker Andrew Quin since 2008, focuses on creating textural wines with enhanced vibrancy of fruit and varietal characteristics. As villains against convention, the Villain & Vixen range favours vixen-like elegance over traditional styles.
Vintage Conditions
The 2025 vintage in the Barossa Valley delivered exceptional fruit from select vineyards across Western Barossa, Mt. Crawford and Williamstown. These diverse sites, beyond Hentley Farm's single vineyard estates, contribute to the wine's complexity and regional expression. The growing season provided ideal conditions for developing the vibrant strawberry, toffee apple and raspberry leaf characters that define this rosé, whilst maintaining the natural acidity essential for the wine's soft, fruit-forward profile. This vintage exemplifies the Villain & Vixen philosophy of crafting modern wines that express the surrounding terroirs of the renowned Barossa Valley estate with purity and precision.
