Rapaura Springs Reserve Pinot Rose 2025

Rapaura Springs Reserve Pinot Rosé is a pretty, cheerful pink from Marlborough's warmer inland Southern Valleys vineyards, built around subtle aromas of summer strawberries. The glass is loaded with fresh summer berries, cherry and raspberry alongside juicy stone fruit, framed by fine lees texture, punchy acidity and a light spritz. Selected parcels of Pinot Noir were left on skins for just two hours before pressing, then lifted with a dash of Pinot Gris for extra aromatic detail. Award-winning in its own right this vintage, it's a refreshing, food-friendly rosé built for immediate drinking.

What the winery says:

2025 was a vintage where patience was rewarded. A warm spring created ideal growing conditions and abundant crop loads, which were carefully thinned to lift fruit quality, while cool January temperatures extended ripening and built palate weight and aromatic intensity. Harvest began in mid-March, working block by block as each site reached optimal ripeness. Selected parcels of Pinot Noir, grown in the warmer inland vineyards of the Southern Valleys, were left to sit on skins for two hours before gentle pressing, with the finished wine lifted by a small addition of Pinot Gris.

Cameron Douglas, MS, camdouglasms.com, 93 Points (2025 Vintage)

"A delicate pink and silver hue with lots of polish leads to a bouquet of ripe red berries and fine lees complexities, freshness and urgency. Aromas and flavours of cherry then raspberry. There's a steely newness and floral highlight then flavours of raspberry and cherry framed by some very fine fruit tannins and punchy acidity. Well made with a light spritz tickle. Best drinking by December 2025 through end of January 2027."