Pooley Cooinda Vale Pinot Noir Rosé 2025

This Rosé is a cracker. The colour is a beautiful pale salmon, and the nose is full of fresh strawberries, red cherries, and a hint of watermelon. The palate is crisp and refreshing, like biting in to a fresh red apple, followed with a lovely dry finish. It’s got a nice line of acidity and a tiny touch of residual sugar (0.75g/L) that gives it a bit of roundness. It’s the perfect drop for a sunny afternoon.

Our 2025 Cooinda Vale Rosé was made from machine-picked Pinot Noir grapes from Block 1 on the 21st of March. The grapes were gently pressed to a tank, and the juice was fermented at a cool 14°C for 12 days using a cultured yeast. We kept the wine on its light lees until bottling to build a bit of texture. It was bottled on the 7th and 22nd of July, 2025.

Cooinda Vale Vineyard was established in 1985 by Pooley’s founders, Margaret and Dennis Pooley. Sitting between 80-100m above sea level, the vineyard is tucked away in a nook of hills North of Campania making it much more protected from prevailing weather conditions. Being more continental it also experiences greater extremes in temperatures bringing more frequent frosts, snow and heat waves. The iron lacking grey brown sandy loam over clay subsoils at this site tend to bring a moderate level of struggle to the vines by restricting deep root growth and water accessibility but in turn creates a wine that is more delicate and finer.

2023 Winery of the Year Halliday Wine Companion