Product Description

“Since starting the Raidis Esate label 12 years ago, Steven and Emma Raidis have been capturing sommeliers and wine geeks’ attention with their stellar Pinot Gris ‘Cheeky’ Rosé! The 2016 sold out within 3 months of its release and we were glad to get some of it before it was gone! With notes of bright strawberry, melon, a chalky minerality and a beautiful blush rose color, the Raidis Estate ‘Cheeky’ Rosé is my absolute new favorite. At under $18 on 3 or more, you can buy by the case and enjoy through these last few days of summer. A rosé to which I say, yes way.” –Glen Knight, The Wine House (8/26/2017)

ROM THE IMPORTER

Coonawarra’s newest ‘kid’ on the block, doing things a little differently. The Raidis family are renowned as a hospitable and hard working bunch, qualities which are clearly reflected in their wines. Grape growers, Chris & Fran Raidis planted their Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard some 26 years ago. Son Steven expanded these holdings, planting the southern vineyard in 2003, 50 acres made up of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, and the region’s only Pinot Gris – Coonawarra’s southernmost plantings of most of these varieties.

Launching the family label in 2009, we today have a smart set of wines which, aside from the balanced and hearty reds remind us of Coonawarra’s often forgotten history of producing some very tidy whites. The wild card is a blush style Pinot Gris, certainly not your average rosé!

Fastidious growers and vineyard managers, husband & wife team Steven and Emma Raidis believe great wine is made in the vineyard, with the wine styles clean, fruit bright and contemporary, crafted to be enjoyed with food and friends.

And the goats? An essential part of sustainable vineyard management, they are turned loose to eat remaining grapes after hand selection, as well as during winter to eat weeds and grass, removing the need to slash and spray.

‘CHEEKY’ PINOT GRIS ROSÉ

Pinot Gris/Grigio is a dark skinned grape, not that one would know it given upwards of 95% (speculative figure!) of the wines it makes being white. Coonawarra’s only plantings of the variety, the wine is given four days skin contact. Not so much an amber or orange wine (no oxidative handling), more a blush.