Delinquente 'Hell' Rosé 2022 (750 ml)

The Hell Series wines represent our experimentation with winemaking techniques, and allow the fruit to express different, unique and compelling characteristics.

This year, we did a saignee from our Aglianico and Nero d’Avola ferments to create the base for this rose – this was done to provide a bit more structure to the reds in a cool, wet year, but also allowed some fantastic savoury elements into the rose blend. Blended post fermentation and kept in stainless steel over winter, we added some skin contact Malvasia in prior to bottling for fruit pop and pithy grip.

Vibrant, almost luminous salmon in the glass, lovely white peach and Turkish delight aromatics come through on the nose. Fresh and fuzzy, the herbaceous elements blend perfectly with the juicy fruit and acid to create a serious rose that doesn’t lack for flavour and refreshment. Pop a bottle in the sunshine alongside some oysters, or kingfish ceviche with pink grapefruit.

Delinquente Wine Co makes small batch, minimal intervention wines from Southern Italian grape varieties grown in The Riverland, South Australia. Sourcing fruit from two organically farmed vineyards, my aim is to make wines that focus on drinkability – picking early for low alcohols and high natural acidity, and clean, fresh fruit characters. Having grown up in The Riverland, I want to make wines that shine, and that the region can be proud of. By focusing on Southern Italian varieties such as Vermentino and Nero d’Avola, our wines are not only delicious, but are more sustainable, as these varieties are naturally more heat tolerant and drought resistant than the Burgundy and Bordeaux varieties traditionally planted in the region. More than anything, however, I want to make wines that are true to me, true to the region that they are from, with as little intervention as possible, and that are as enjoyable as possible for those drinking them.

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