Stargazer Rada 2025
Stargazer · Coal River Valley, Tasmania
For 2025, Samantha Connew's Rada becomes a Pinot Noir and Gamay blend: light, fresh and joyful.
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Description
The wine
Rada has always been a Pinot blend, but for 2025 Samantha Connew swapped Pinot Meunier for Gamay, modelling it on Burgundy's Passe-tout-grains. The Pinot Noir comes from a small vineyard near Richmond and the Gamay from a block Samantha planted at her Palisander Vineyard in 2021, both on dolerite. The Gamay had 10 days of carbonic maceration and the Pinot a three-day cold soak before wild ferments. It then spent six months in older French oak. The final blend is 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Gamay.
Tasting notes
Light, fresh and full of red fruit, with a lively, crunchy finish.
How to enjoy
Serve slightly cool, at 12–14°C. Try it with Bruny Island Oen, L'Amuse Gouda or Saint Nectaire AOP.
About the winemaker
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