Aphelion Welkin Rosé 2021

94 POINTS

Stuart Knox - The Real Review

A pale rose-gold colour in the glass. Classic strawberries and cream nose with a hint of dry earth as well. Crushed red fruits fill the mouth, there's a hint of cream and custard underneath with adds a pleasing richness. Acidity is present but drives the flow subtly to the long finish. An outstanding rosé

94 POINTS

Angus Hughson - Winepilot.com

The palest of salmon pinks greets your eyes on this wine but don’t take that as a sign that it’s light on flavour – far from it. 80% mataro and 20% grenache come together beautifully to provide fantastic depth of fruit – some pretty cranberry and raspberry on show but mataro really leads the way with some more earthy, even meaty edges. You can also feel the underlying fruit power of mataro seen in quality Bandol which builds in the mouth thanks to the pick of some quality vineyards – the mataro coming out of the Yangarra stable. Great length to finish and balanced acidity too so my bet is that it will get better with another year or two in bottle.

92 POINTS

Ned Goodwin - Halliday's Wine Companion

80/20% mataro/grenache. The mataro is sourced from the Yangarra vineyard in Kangarilla and fermented in tank; the grenache from Hickinbotham in Clarendon, fermented in older French barriques. The components rested on their lees to impart breadth and textural detail, before blending. A delicious, lightweight and immaculately textured rosé, dry and thirst-slaking. Scents of musk stick, rosehip and orange verbena segue to crunchy red berries, popping across the mouth. A herbal twine binds the attack, all the way through to a long, crunchy finish. Delicious rosé.