2013 Deep Woods Margaret River Harmony Rosé

Never miss an opportunity to talk about a good, new Rosé discovery! This, as the label says, is a very drinkable dry Rosé of Shiraz and Tempranillo. My thinking is Pinot Noir and Temp are probably always going to make good Rosés. Although the DW is only 30% Temp. Called 'harmony' because of the area: Yallingup (WA) where forest meets the sea, so surfboard icons feature (though these could be Aboriginal shields. Although harmony seems also to do with 'red' and thus another labelling of whites as 'ivory'. Go figure! A bit of an odd label with one shield and 'harmony' done in shiny bronze, on grey-and-white which kind of misses the mark in terms of link to place: no blue and green? Then again, the shield surfboards feature around the label. But the website features the grey too. Interestingly, Yallingup means place of love'. It's a label of the Forgarty family who also own a vineyard in the Hunter Valley (NSW). Julian Langworthy is the winemaker. The philosophy is 'low vineyard yields' and bottling 'in small batches' which are good indicators for quality. If I saw this Rosé on a restaurant's wine list, I'd go go for it, and be confident of recommending co-drinkers to do so too.