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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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