Karin - Rose wine 2025

Winemaking & Terroir
The 2025 KARIN carries the same quiet confidence as its predecessor. Its pale onionskin colour suggests delicacy, yet the wine delivers focus and drive. In pursuit of purity and freshness, fruit was harvested at 21.9 Balling with a natural acidity of 7g/L. The vines were exposed to strong winds during the ripening season, and once the leaves began to tear along their edges, picking commenced. Small, loosely set Cabernet Franc bunches with ripe stems were cooled overnight and whole-bunch pressed in a gentle three-hour Champenoise cycle to minimise extraction from the skins. The must settled overnight in contact with activated carbon before racking and inoculation with a yeast strain chosen to enhance thiol-tyре varietal aromas. Fermentation was kept cool and steady, and the finished wine remained on gross lees for six months before a light fining and filtration prior to bottling.

Tasting Notes
The nose shows elderflower, ruby grapefruit and passionfruit, with subtle gooseberry and a slightly greener tone than the 2024 vintage. The palate displays the typical Cabernet Franc grip, balanced by bright citrus acidity, a fine creamy texture, and a saline finish that reflects our coastal site. Enjoy young for clarity and freshness, or cellar for up to three years to develop additional complexity.

About Beau & OAD
In 2019, the Scotts and us founders of OAD went on a trip to South Africa and was absolutely blown away by the experience we had atBeau Constantia. A borderline 10 out of 10 dining experience at the vineyard just outside Cape Town. More importantly, they also had a retail outlet of their pretty sublime wine. Not only great tasting notes, but also unreal value, which has since been an undefeated champ in our wine fridge over the past years. As we needed to restock our supplies, we learned that the great people over at Beau had yet to have a distributor in Hong Kong, so we entered a partnership based on our shared affinity of great wines and good times.