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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Frog's Leap La Grenouille Rouganté—French for "The Blushing Frog—is a proud and serious pink wine. TASTING NOTES: This outstanding wine exhibits aromatic and pleasing aromas and flavors of red fruit, spice, and mineral notes. Invite a sushi chef for dinner and pour a glass of it. (Tasted: March 8, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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 large and diverse appellation within California’s North Coast AVA, Mendocino is home to several smaller sub-regions—most notably the Anderson Valley. This scenic region, with rolling hills covered in redwood forests as well as vineyards, is one of the world’s top producers of certified organically-grown grapes. Due to wide geographical and climatic variation, a vast array of wine styles can be found here.