Deviation Road Altair Brut Rose x 6

Top Rated: Sparkling Rosé - 2023 The Halliday Wine Companion Awards

96 Points

55/45% pinot noir/chardonnay. The base vintage is 2018 with reserve wines added; 40 months on lees. Disgorged October, 2021. 8g/L dosage. A finely beaded, salmon-pink sparkling that rates among Australia's best. Confidently presented with complexity and poise, Altair wears a delicate sheen of savoury autolysis with almonds, baked pastry, poached pear, bright red berries aromas. Layer upon layer of delicate flavour, texture and depth. Runs fine, long and so impressive. All class.

2023 The Halliday Wine Companion Awards, 04 Aug 2022

"Delicious rose... Bargain."

95 Points

A blend of pinot noir and chardonnay grown at Lenswood and Piccadilly Valley, 80% from '17. Hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, largely fermented in tank, a small percentage of pinot made as a red wine. Delicious rose, with small red fruits/berries, and a supple mouthfeel. Bargain.

The 2021 Halliday Wine Companion, 06 Aug 2020

Halliday Wine Companion

95 Points

Hewn from a base of ’16:55% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir in addition to older reserves (15%). Gentle scents of crushed strawberry, loganberry and a thread of herb are woven by a needle of vibrant acidity and mineral crunch. Subtle, refined stuff. Just enough toast. Dosage nestled in. This attests to Deviation Road being among Australia’s very top sparkling wine producers.

Halliday Wine Companion,

Exciting drinkability and sophistication

95 Points

The latest (October 2020) disgorgement of this traditional-method pale-blush beauty reveals riper and richer pinot-oriented strawberry characters, the flavour and expression both precisely delivered with balanced acidity and toned backbone. Exciting drinkability and sophistication all in one glass.

Halliday Wine Companion 2022, 01 May 2021

Superlative sparkling

95 Points

Light apricot rosé hue. A demure nose of mandarin, early-picked apricot and resting bread dough. Creamy and tactile – strawberry ripeness and orange cream biscuit flavours married with fine bittersweet textures that make this oh so captivating. A freshness that runs the length, as the finish is drawn into a long chalky line. Superlative sparkling. Method traditional.

The Vintage Journal - South Australian Wine Guide 2025, 03 Dec 2024

 STYLE
 Pinot Noir gives the Altair power and riper red fruit aromas and Chardonnay produces 
citrus lift and gives the wine finesse. Sweet strawberry, cherry and spice aromas follow 
through to the palate, where the lively bubbles add lift and balance the fruit flavours, 
f
 inishing with wonderful length and supple mouth feel.
 strawberry · morello cherry ·  spice · citrus lift
 WINE MAKING
 The fruit is all hand-picked and whole bunch pressed into tank for  
fermentation. A remaining parcel of Pinot Noir is fermented as red wine in open top 
fermenters with daily plunging. Fermentation lasts around 12 days and the wines go 
through malolactic ferment over winter to soften the acids. Blending then takes place, 
combining the clear base wine with around 4-7% of the red wine to achieve the pale 
pink colour and fruit lift that is signature of this wine. 
We tirage the wine by hand and store the bottles at 14`  for a long consistent  
second ferment. Each bottle is riddled and hand disgorged on site in our  
Longwood winery.  Small batches are disgorged at a time to allow the remaining  
bottles to continue ageing on lees as long as possible. The dosage liquor is crafted 
using a blend of base wines that have been aged for at least 12 months.  
VINEYARD
 We source fruit from sites located above 550m in the Lenswood and Piccadilly  
Valley regions of the Adelaide Hills. These sites consistently produce outstanding 
Pinot and Chardonnay for sparkling wine.
 ENJOY WITH
 Tuna sashimi, salmon, chilli prawns.
 ACCOLADES
 95 POINTS | 2021 Halliday Wine Companion  
94 POINTS | 2020 Tyson Stelzer’s Australian Sparkling Wine report 
Top Gold (95 Points), Adelaide Hills Wine Show 2018
 Sparkling Rosè of the Year, Tyson Stelzer 2017
 deviationroad.com
 WINE MAKER  
Kate Laurie    
BASE VINTAGE 2019 (85%)    
BLEND  
TIME ON LEES 
DOSAGE  
PN + CH     
min. 12 months     
8.4g/L     
ALCOHOL    
pH   
TA    
BOTTLE FORMAT 
RRP   
12.5%  
3.2
 6.6g/L 
750mL /