Freeman Rondinella Rosé ‘Rondo’ Altura Vineyard 2024

Freeman Rondo Rosé is crafted from 100% estate grown Rondinella grapes, Australia’s only plantings of this prolific variety that produce a dry, savoury style inspired by the rose wines of Europe.

Meaning ‘little swallow’ in Italian, Rondinella is a versatile and generous bearing variety that relishes its adopted home in the Hilltops where at sunset swallows dart and swoop over the vines that gave this wine its name.

Rondinella is a late ripener, typically harvested two months after the other varieties, in late April. This long, slow and even ripening is the key to its fresh persistent flavours and fine tannin structure.

Made using the classic saignee method, draining the juice after a short time in contact with the grape skins, this palest pink, spicy rose displays a dry creamy palate with refreshing minerality balanced by soft tannins.

95 Points Stuart Knox The Real Review
“Medium to pale onion-skin blush in the glass. Nectarine, wood oil and orange rind on the nose. Very slippery across the palate, flows with drive and intensity and finishes very long. It’s more about texture than flavour, acids and phenolics are there and working behind the scenes. A contrast to so many rosés yet so easy to enjoy.”