Eight at the Gate Rosé 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Eight at the Gate Rosé 2023.

Eight at the Gate Rosé 2023
$22, 12.2% alcohol, screwcap, Wrattonbully.

The refreshment factor of this wine is high. It has a herbal, apple-juice character to it and a dry, dusty, gooseberry-like note too but the general feel is juicy and fruity. You take a sip and you want to take another. The herbal characters here mean that it will team nicely with food but it’s very easy to just sit and drink this on its own, right now. The flavours carry on nicely through the finish too. Tasty. Refreshing. Versatile. Win-win-win. 91 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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