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

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.

More about Campbell Mattinson

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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