Classic Rosé 2025 South Island

Our classic rosé · South Island

The rosé everyone loves. IWSC medals two years running.

IWSCBronze, 2025 vintage
IWSCBronze, 2024 vintage
94 PTSCandice Chow, 2024
  • Tasting notes: strawberry and bramble, with a juicy palate of red apple and blackberry yoghurt.
  • North Canterbury Pinot Noir with Central Otago Pinot Gris
  • Hand-harvested and sorted in the field
  • Medal-winning rosé at $25
Tasting notes & technical information ↓

Our classic 2025 Rosé is made using an unusual, yet glorious, assemblage of North Canterbury Pinot Noir and Central Otago Pinot Gris. All parcels were hand harvested and subject to ruthless sorting in the field so that only the most pristine fruit made its way into the winery. All components were handled separately and once dry, were subject to a rigorous blending trial so that the final wine represented everything that we want our Rosé to be - summer in a bottle, all year round!

At bottling, this wine is a beautiful, pale pink, and aromatically, we have managed to capture the best of these three noble grape varieties. The Pinot Noir component brings fresh strawberries and a whisper of chocolate, while the Pinot Gris gives us beautiful, citrus and stonefruit notes and a beguiling waft of spiced fruit.

On the palate, this wine has the sort of presence that you seldom see in a rosé. Everything you could smell in the glass; you can now taste. The wine has freshness and juiciness, but also weight, complexity and length.

This wine is perfect as an apéritif - just add friends and a warm summer evening, and you will want for little more. That said, our 2025 Rosé has such extraordinary weight, texture and complexity, that it becomes an immediate winner when matched with seafood dishes, or white meats such as chicken or pork.

 

$25.00 / BOTTLE

Technical information

Vintage2025
RegionsNorth Canterbury & Central Otago
VarietiesPinot Noir, Pinot Gris
HarvestHand-picked
WinemakerDom Maxwell
Bottle size750 ml
ClosureScrew cap

Tasting notes

ColourPale pink.

NoseStrawberry and bramble.

PalateJuicy, with red apple and blackberry yoghurt. Fresh, with the kind of presence you seldom see in a rosé.

Perfect for
Summer tablesPartiesStocking up

The story

An unusual, glorious blend of North Canterbury Pinot Noir and Central Otago Pinot Gris. Summer in a bottle, all year round.

2025 IWSC Rosé Producer Trophy finalist

Dancing Water was one of just three rosé producers shortlisted worldwide. The Real Review Top Wineries of New Zealand, 2025 and 2026.

Read more about this wine

Our classic 2025 Rosé is made using an unusual, yet glorious, assemblage of North Canterbury Pinot Noir and Central Otago Pinot Gris. All parcels were hand harvested and subject to ruthless sorting in the field so that only the most pristine fruit made its way into the winery. All components were handled separately and once dry, were subject to a rigorous blending trial so that the final wine represented everything that we want our Rosé to be - summer in a bottle, all year round!

At bottling, this wine is a beautiful, pale pink, and aromatically, we have managed to capture the best of these three noble grape varieties. The Pinot Noir component brings fresh strawberries and a whisper of chocolate, while the Pinot Gris gives us beautiful, citrus and stonefruit notes and a beguiling waft of spiced fruit.

On the palate, this wine has the sort of presence that you seldom see in a rosé. Everything you could smell in the glass; you can now taste. The wine has freshness and juiciness, but also weight, complexity and length.

This wine is perfect as an apéritif - just add friends and a warm summer evening, and you will want for little more. That said, our 2025 Rosé has such extraordinary weight, texture and complexity, that it becomes an immediate winner when matched with seafood dishes, or white meats such as chicken or pork.

 

Awards and scores

IWSC 2026: Bronze (2025 vintage)
IWSC: Bronze (2024 vintage)
Candice Chow: 94 points / 5 stars (2024 vintage)

Shipping and delivery

Complimentary delivery throughout New Zealand on all DWW orders. For international deliveries to most countries, direct to your door, contact us on info@dww.co.nz

Auckland: next day if ordered before 11am
North Island (excl. Auckland): 1-2 working days
South Island: 2-3 working days
Allow an extra 2 days for rural deliveries. No PO Box deliveries.

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Shipping & Delivery

Complimentary delivery throughout New Zealand on all DWW orders. For international deliveries to most countries, direct to your door contact us on info@dww.co.nz



Auckland - Target: Next Day (If ordered before 11 am)

North Island (Excl. Auckland) - Target: 1-2 Working Days

South Island - Target: 2-3 Working Days

*Allow additional 2 days for rural deliveries

*PO Box deliveries not available