Eight at the Gate Rosé 2025

Bottle of Eight at the Gate Rosé 2025.

Eight at the Gate Rosé 2025
$30, 12.3% alcohol, screwcap, Wrattonbully.

Every school morning the two sisters behind Eaight at the Gate assemble their eight children ‘at the gate’, ready for the school bus to pick them up. Hence the name of the brand here. That’s a pretty cool story, and a pretty cool name for a range of wines.

There’s a pure line of red cherry flavour here, tending towards both strawberry and raspberry, which combines well with sweet, woodsy spice and citrus notes, and leads to a juicy, refreshing finish. There’s a subtle textural element too, and an overall impression that everything is squeaky clean. This is both mouth-watering and good. 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 a respected 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 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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