Tasting notes:
Gwinllan Rondo. Aged in 2 year old Barolo Barrels. Blackberry aromas, red berry and hedgerow fruit flavors, hints of vanilla. Similar in style to a Malbec.
Food match:
Perfect with Local salt marsh Welsh lamb cutlets, char-grilled on the barbecue or with a steaming bowl of ‘Cawl’ on a cold winter night!
Producer & Region: Gwinllan Rondo
Gwinllan is an award winning vineyard, located in Conwy, with a stunning backdrop of the Snowdonia Mountain Range. Producing Welsh still and sparkling wines made using the traditional method. The delicious wines have been recognised on both a national and international level, winning many awards along the way. It was their passion for wine that inspired planting the vineyard in 2012. Having no experience of growing vines, they planted just 300 to begin with and have expanded to 3000 vines over 3 acres, learning valuable lessons along the way.
Rondo is a dark-skinned grape variety, used for making red and rosé wine. It is a hybrid grape created in 1964. It has been protected since 1997, when it was first planted commercially by Thomas Walk Vineyard in Ireland under the name Amurensis Walk; it became Rondo in 1999.
Rondo is an early ripening variety which possesses high resistance against frost and downy mildew. However it may be necessary to give annual treatments against powdery mildew in some vineyards. Rondo produces a ruby-red wine and is cultivated in many locations in northern Europe where dark-skinned traditional varieties struggle to ripen and produce quality fruit. Rondo grows exceptionally well here in North Wales and can also be found in many locations in northern Europe including Denmark, England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden.
