SOHO
Mara Méthode Rosé Brut Sparkling 2023 750ml

Beautiful and idealised, Mara, the older sister of SOHO’s Croatian Matriarch Peggy, is also the Madonna of the SOHO wine family. Hand-grown on Waiheke and crafted using the Methode Traditionelle, Mara is a sparkling Rose that epitomises style and finesse. Pale salmon in colour with wild strawberries and raspberries encased in tiny beads of fine mousse with a savoury, tea leaf complexity. 12 months of ageing “sur lie” in bottle delivers complex shortbread, aniseed and liquorice notes. Magnificently poised with a jaw-dropping brut dry finish (zero dosage). Admired and desired by all, only this Madonna is attainable, but in very limited numbers. Barrel Fermented, then 9 months on Lees in Stainless Steel, followed by Tirage Bottling and fermentation. 12 months “sur lie” in bottle before being disgorged.