Winemaker Notes
That means that, while it is an outstanding choice for apéro hour alongside some olives, goat cheese, and popcorn tossed with Provencal herbs, it is also a wonderful bottle to pair, at dinner, with grilled spatchcock chicken, lamb kebabs, and falafel.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This unusually pale rosé has plenty of almond, melon and nectarine character on the medium- to full-bodied palate. It has soft acidity but a nice freshness, accentuated by a touch of tannins. A still blanc de noirs of grenache and cinsault with a small amount of clairette, all from Gigondas.
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Wine Spectator
Creamy and rich, showing singed orange peel, with plumpness to the notes of nectarine and melon. Its salinity and fragrant herbs impart freshness, with bergamot tea, rose water and smoke. There’s a kiss of oak on the distinctive, delicious finish. Grenache, Clairette and Cinsault.
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
A small category representing the wines that either fall outside of appellation lines or don’t subscribe to the law and traditions set forth by the French government within certain classified appellations, “Vin De France” is a catch-all that includes some of the most basic French wines as well as those of superior quality. The category includes large production, value-driven wines. It also includes some that were made with a great deal of creativity, diligence and talent by those who desire to make wine outside of governmental restrictions. These used to be called Vin de Table (table wine) but were renamed to compete with other European countries' wines of similar quality.