🏆 96 POINTS | BEST ROSÉ TROPHY | ONE OF THE YARRA VALLEY'S GREAT ROSÉS

96 Points for a Rosé – This Is Seriously Good

Trophy Winning Rose 

96 Points – Halliday Wine Companion

Yarra Valley, Victoria

RRP $37 a bottle

There is everyday Rosé—and then there is Rosé made with the same attention to detail as serious fine wine.

The 2025 Medhurst Estate Rosé falls firmly into the second category.

Coming from Medhurst's beautiful estate vineyard at Gruyere in the Yarra Valley, this is a sophisticated, dry and beautifully composed Rosé from a producer whose reputation continues to climb.

And 96 points from Halliday Wine Companion tells you immediately that this isn't simply a summer quaffer.

The 2025 has also proven itself on the show circuit, winning Gold and the Trophy for Best Rosé at the 2025 Yarra Valley Wine Show, where it scored 95 points.

At RRP $37, this is outstanding buying.

Tasting Notes

Expect a beautifully fresh and refined Rosé showing:

• Wild strawberry
• Raspberry
• Red cherry
• Watermelon
• Pink grapefruit
• Blood orange
• Rose petals
• Subtle spice
• Fresh herbs
• Fine mineral freshness

This isn't a sweet or simple fruit-bomb style of Rosé.

It's built around freshness, savoury detail and texture, with vibrant red fruits leading into citrus and subtle spice.

There's enough fruit weight to give the palate presence, but the finish remains dry, crisp and refreshing.

Exactly what serious modern Australian Rosé should be.

96 Points – Halliday Wine Companion

96 Points – Halliday Wine Companion

That is an exceptional score for Rosé.

Rosé is a category where many wines are deliberately made for uncomplicated immediate drinking. To receive 96 points puts the 2025 Medhurst Estate Rosé into a very different conversation.

This is a wine with enough detail, balance and personality to be taken seriously.

And the show judges agreed.

🏆 Trophy – Best Rosé

At the 2025 Yarra Valley Wine Show, the Medhurst 2025 Estate Rosé received:

🏆 Trophy – Best Rosé
🥇 Gold Medal – 95 Points

It finished ahead of a strong field of Yarra Valley Rosés to take the class trophy.

96 Halliday + Trophy + Gold Medal.

For a wine at $37, that's a formidable combination.

The Medhurst Estate – Gruyere

Medhurst is located on the western side of the Warramate Ranges at Gruyere, one of the great pockets of the Yarra Valley.

The estate was established by Ross and Robyn Wilson, with the vineyard planted in 2000.

Its vines sit between approximately 130 and 220 metres elevation, with the individual blocks selected according to aspect, soil and suitability for each grape variety.

This is also exceptional wine country.

Medhurst sits in the same broader Gruyere neighbourhood that has produced some of the Yarra Valley's most famous wines.

The Excellent 2025 Vintage

Medhurst describes 2025 as an exceptionally promising vintage.

The growing season was very dry, with an unusually warm and dry start to spring causing the earliest budburst the estate had experienced.

Early flowering was followed by excellent growing conditions, and Medhurst reports that careful canopy management helped produce a perfectly ripe crop. Most importantly, the winery says the resulting fruit was some of the best it had seen, with excellent quality across the varieties.

The early reviews of the estate's 2025 wines back that up.

This looks like a vintage to follow closely at Medhurst.

Medhurst Is a Producer to Watch

If Medhurst isn't already on your Yarra Valley radar, it should be.

The estate is producing an increasingly impressive collection of wines across Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cabernet and Rosé, with both regional and estate bottlings.

Medhurst describes its Estate range as the pure expression of its site and season, sitting above its regional Yarra Valley range and below the limited-production Reserve wines.

And the quality across the new releases is seriously impressive.

The 2025 Rosé's 96-point Halliday score and Yarra Valley Wine Show Trophy are another indication of just how well this estate is performing.

Food Pairings

This is the sort of Rosé that works brilliantly at the table.

Try it with:

• Fresh oysters
• Kingfish sashimi
• Grilled prawns
• Seared tuna
• Salmon
• Charcuterie
• Mediterranean salads
• Goat's cheese
• Roast chicken
• Thai-style seafood

Or just put it in an ice bucket and drink it on a warm afternoon.

It's sophisticated enough for serious food but delicious enough that it doesn't require an occasion.

Drinking Window

Rosé like this is all about capturing the freshness and energy of the vintage.

Drink now–2029.

I'd particularly enjoy it over the next two years while the red fruit, florals and citrus characters are at their brightest.

Serve at around 8–10°C—cold enough to be refreshing, but not so cold that you lose all the perfume and texture.

Why We Love It

This could be one of the smartest Rosé buys in the Yarra Valley right now.

Look at what you're getting:

96 Points – Halliday Wine Companion
🏆 Trophy – Best Rosé, Yarra Valley Wine Show
🥇 Gold Medal – Yarra Valley Wine Show

And an RRP of only $37.

The wine comes from Medhurst's estate at Gruyere, where the vineyard was established in 2000 on the western side of the Warramate Ranges.

But forget the awards for a moment.

The real appeal is the style: fresh red berries, florals, citrus, savoury detail, texture and a beautifully dry finish.

This is Rosé you can drink by the pool—but it's also Rosé you can confidently put on the dinner table next to serious food.

At $37, with 96 Halliday points and a major regional trophy behind it, the 2025 Medhurst Estate Rosé seriously over-delivers.