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Wine Enthusiast
Pink-orange in color, this wine has a perfumed nose that begins with strawberry, red currant, and a touch of savory herbs that flirt with soy sauce. The palate is stony in texture with cooling, dried red-cherry undertones that flow into chalk-dusted cranberry.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2024 Les Lauzeraies is a deeply colored rosé. This full bodied wine offers aromas and flavors of ripe cherries, savory spices, and earth. Pair it with roast chicken infused with rosemary and sage. (Tasted: March 20, 2025, 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.
The only all-rosé appellation in the Rhone, a Tavel comes in many hues from light salmon to bright pink and is said to be the only rosé that can actually age—and improve. The rosé wines of Tavel have a great historic reputation, having been favored by King Louis XIV in the 18th century, as well as famous authors, Balzac and Mistral.
Tavel are always dry but the high percentage of the fruity Grenache (30-60% of the blend by law) and even Cinsault, give charming aromas and flavors that make them feel "almost sweet." A great Tavel rosé will have a bouquet suggestive of rose petals, apricot, strawberry and red currant. The palate may be fleshy, round and layered but is always fresh and balanced.