2023 Runway Rosé

2023 Runway Rosé

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Varietals, Vineyard & Harvest: 94% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, harvested 28 September 2023 at 20.3 and 19.0 brix respectively. 100% grown and hand-harvested on the estate vineyard.

Winemaking: The varietals were destemmed and given 48-hours on skins to extract colour and flavours prior to being co-fermented in stainless steel retaining malic acids. The wine was lightly fined with bentonite prior to being sterile filtered and estate-bottled on 1 March 2023. 

Wine Description: Deep cerise in colour. Aromas and flavours of cranberry, white strawberry, watermelon, blood orange, rhubarb, sage and rose. Medium plus acidity with a lengthy finish supported by a light grippy texture of malic acids and tannins.

Acidity & pH: 7.72 g/L TA; pH of 3.19

Sweetness: Dry to the palate. 6.0 g/L residual sugar to balance acidity and tannins.

Alcohol by Volume: 12.1%

Production: 219 cases

 

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Independent Wine Reviews

Tony Aspler, Black Bank Hill Runway Rosé 2023 (88 Points)  94% Cabernet Franc 6% Cabernet Sauvignon). Neon Bright pink in colour; minerally, cherry bouquet; medium-bodied, dry, fresh, raspberry, pomegranate and cherry flavours. Elegant, good length. (Tasted December 2024)

Treve Ring, Gismondi on Wine, Tasted February, 2025, (88 Points) Established by vintner Taylor Emerson in 2017, Black Bank Hill is focused on single vineyard wines from the Niagara Escarpment. Runway Rosé, named for the 1918 Beamsville Aerodrome and runway that preceded the vineyard, blends 94% cabernet franc with 6% cabernet sauvignon, each destemmed and given 48 hours skin contact prior to cofermenting in stainless with no MLF. Pouring a deep cherry hue, this has a bump of RS (6 g/L) to offset the tart rhubarb and ringing cranberry acidity. Cherry, herbal raspberry is scented with tea-tinged tannins across a glossy, slick core to a brief finish. Try this with Indian food.

Rick Vansickle, Wines in Niagara, (90 Points) The Runway Rosé is a blend of estate Cabernet Franc (94%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (6%) that was bottled in March 2024. Emerson and McLean prefer to bottle age their rosés before releasing them to promote texture on the palate. It shows a bright pink colour in the glass with a nose of ripe Morello cherries, brambly raspberries, rhubarb, a touch of blackberry/cassis, watermelon and herbs. It’s quite expressive on a silky-smooth palate with ripe red berries, cran-cherries, cassis, herbs, subtle sweetness and electric acidity keeping it fresh and lively on the finish. (Tasted March, 2025)

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