Plantagenet Three Lions Rosé 2021 (Great Southern)

Plantagenet’s vineyard estate has been carved out of the Great Southern's distinctive Marri Soils named after the massive native Marri, or Red Gum trees that grow there.

The soils are ironstone gravelly sandy loams over a base of clay or ironstone rock. The vineyard block sites were selected where good water drainage allows control over vine vigour, one of the most important determinants of fruit quality.

The Tempranillo fruit for the 2021 Three Lions Rosé was machine harvested in the cool early hours, was de-stemmed and crushed directly into the press for 2 hours skin contact prior to gentle pressing. Free run juice was handled oxidatively and allowed to remain on full solids for 4 days before rough racking and inoculation with a champagne yeast strain. Following a slow, cool fermentation, the wine was allowed to rest in stainless steel on lees for 4 months before stabilisation, filtration and bottling.