Rosewood Estate Winery Night Moves Gamay Noir 2021

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Gamay Noir from Ontario, Canada

On the nose, ripe red fruit flavours jump from the glass, red currant, cherry, followed by, freshly fallen leaves, grilled herbs, and slate. Tangy and lively with nice supple fruit. On the palate the flavours match, showing surprising texture for a medium bodied wine. The acid is bright and crisp, making it great to drink on its own or with food. Make sure you have another one ready to open, cellar temperature is ideal. 

Winemaking Process: The grapes then went through a destemmer and were then transferred as whole berries by gravity. The wine was fermented using the wild, indigenous yeast and left on the skins for 32 days post ferment. 

Some of the juice was bled off for another wine, "The Provocateur". After draining the free run, the grapes were dug out of the tank and gently pressed, separating the press wine from the free run. The Gamay Noir is entirely composed of free run wine, with the press wine being used for the Notorious PTG.

The free run wine was aged entirely in neutral French oak barrels for 11 months, before being racked out of barrel to settle in tank. The wine was bottled without fining, filtration or free SO2.