{"product_id":"halcyon-days-heliacal-rise-2025","title":"Halcyon Days Heliacal Rise 2025","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHALCYON DAYS Heliacal Rise 2025 10.5% alc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeliacal rise is named for the rise of the stars in the east, prefiguring the sun. It is our orange\/rosé expression of this site with the orange pink underside of clouds and all damson plums and dried roses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis wine style was inspired by the blending or red and white varieties common in our village where we lived in Spain. This was done to achieve a juicy refreshing wine that also had texture between an orange and a rose. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe also wanted to experiment with the red being made without skin ferment and the white skin fermented, a role reversal of types. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the grapes in this blend come from the Osawa vineyard, a BioGro certified organic site in Mangatahi, inland Hawke’s Bay. This wine reminds us of the beautiful rose-tinted clouds at dusk and dawn, the last light of the day diffuse in the vineyard rows and the cool streaks of sunlight heralding the new day; the warmth of the soil still radiating from the day and the damp dew underfoot in the morning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pinot Noir was handpicked in one day from the 115 clone block in the vineyard’s mid-terrace. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed to produce rosé juice and fermented with indigenous yeasts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Chardonnay portion was also handpicked and put into open fermenters to ferment with no added yeast. The Chardonnay is treated a little like a red wine with a gentle hand plunge when we feel it’s needed. It was then pressed and combined after two weeks on skins. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlend: 33% Chardonnay (Clone 15) fermented on skins and 66% Pinot Noir (115 clone) whole-bunch pressed and fermented as rosé. The two were blended in the winter to complete natural malolactic fermentation prior to bottling with no additions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBottling analysis pH 3.65, TA 8.4, RS 0, alc 10.5%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiogro certified Organic 6117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Halcyon Days NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47916301320357,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0453\/6182\/3909\/files\/HR_25_15_Bottle_straight_SQ.jpg?v=1782335923","url":"https:\/\/halcyonwines.nz\/products\/halcyon-days-heliacal-rise-2025","provider":"Halcyon Days NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}