This rosé sits within Forrest Wines' Doctors' range, the lower-alcohol project developed by founder Dr John Forrest that uses viticultural science, chiefly canopy and leaf management, to naturally curb sugar accumulation without additives or de-alcoholising equipment. Grown in Marlborough, the vines are managed so fruit ripens in flavour while carrying lower potential alcohol, retaining a little natural sweetness and fresh acidity. The 2025 season provided fruit picked to hold the delicate red-berry character and bright acid line needed for a rosé of just 9.5% alcohol. The range earned a silver medal at the 2024 China Wine & Spirits Awards.

Made in a pale, dry-leaning rosé idiom, the fruit was pressed off its skins after brief contact to give a light hue and fresh red-berry flavour, then cool-fermented in stainless steel to protect aromatics. The ferment was stopped to leave the low 9.5% alcohol and 6.6 g/L of residual sugar, a touch of softness offset by crisp acidity. No concentration or spinning-cone technology is used; the reduced alcohol is achieved in the vineyard. The finished wine is light, red-fruited and easy-drinking.