Budget Wine Week Day 2: Mitchell Harris Rosé 2012

Cracking colour!

Mitchell Harris Rosé 2012 (Pyrenees & Macedon, Vic)
12.5%, Screwcap, $19.95
Source: Sample
www.mitchellharris.com.au

I have a bit of a history with this wine, having liked the 2011 and 2010 before it. This is nothing if not consistently good and this does it again.

Again a blend of early picked Pyrenees Sangiovese and Macedon Pinot Noir (65/35) built with texture and refreshment in mind.

Superb colour on this from the start – a brilliant coppery pink/orange. The nose has understated strawberry and berry fruits with the lightly ferrous edge of Pyrenees Sangiovese,  the palate too a very clever composition of the soft beauty of rosy Pinot Noir fruit and the more animale and rustic Sangiovese. I think the acidity is just a fraction twangy but that is also part of the style.

Good stuff. I’d happily drink a bottle.

Drink: 2013-2014
Score: 17.5/20 91/100

Would I buy it? If I was in the mood for Thai and spotted this in the bottle shop fridge I’d buy it.