Lighthouse Dry Rose

Rich in texture and fruit even meaty dishes will succumb to its complexity

The Lighthouse Range was created to entice the palate with all the special qualities brought to you by a cool climate wine, while being more approachable and accessible in its youth. As an ode to the treacherous yet extraordinary Cape coast, a lighthouse was built at the Benguela Cove winery, overlooking the vineyards, Bot River lagoon and Atlantic Ocean. This rosé champions Shiraz as signature grape for this cool terroir and the vineyards were managed and farmed to preserve freshness and aromatics for the making of rosé. Slope: North and Western Slopes Soil: Iron rich laterites Clones: SY9 & SY2

All grapes are handpicked and whole bunch pressed to keep colour and tannin extraction to a minimum. Shiraz grapes for rosé production are picked earlier for the freshness to come forward. The grapes were pressed as whole bunches to limit the extraction of colour, the juice undergoes a co-fermentation to prompt the desired layers of aroma. Ensuring further quality, only free-run juice was cold fermented with selected yeast strains.

Benguela Cove is part of the Benguela Collection, owned and operated by entrepreneur Penny Streeter OBE and her family. At Benguela Cove we champion Penny’s two main causes; sustaining the natural environment and empowering women in business. Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate is a low yield farm, focused on producing premium estate wines. Situated in the Western Cape winelands near Hermanus, South Africa. Our winery is the largest wine producer in the cool-climate Walker Bay region. This unique maritime estate boasts one of the closest vineyards to the sea and the fresh Atlantic Ocean breezes help to produce exceptional fruits which our award-winning winemaker Johann Fourie and his team turn into fine estate wines.