Winemaker Notes
Pairs well with sushi, salmon, anchovies, sausages, fried chicken, and Mediterranean tapas.
Blend: 76% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, 4% Counoise
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Very light pink with a hint of yellow in the glass, this blend of 76% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre and 4% Counoise from nine vineyards offers aromas of chalky lemon and nectarine on the delicate nose. The texture is grippy with chalk on the palate, offering flavors of strawberry, pluot flesh and a spritz of citrus.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas Rosé is a beautiful dry Rosé. TASTING NOTES: This is bright and alive. Pair its aromas and flavors of dried strawberries and leaves with fresh salmon sashimi. (Tasted: April 25, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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Tasting Panel
A pale pink blend of three Rhône varieties (76% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, and 4% Counoise) from the Perrin family. Dry, juicy, and tangy with crisp, lively fruit and a balanced finish that lasts.
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Wine Spectator
A delightful and delicate rosé, with floral watermelon and strawberry flavors that glide on a long, crisp and spicy finish. Grenache, Mourvèdre and Counoise.
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.
Paso Robles has made a name for itself as a source of supple, powerful, fruit-driven Central Coast wines. But with eleven smaller sub-AVAs, there is actually quite a bit of diversity to be found in this inland portion of California’s Central Coast.
Just east over the Santa Lucia Mountains from the chilly Pacific Ocean, lie the coolest in the region: Adelaida, Templeton Gap and (Paso Robles) Willow Creek Districts, as well as York Mountain AVA and Santa Margarita Ranch. These all experience more ocean fog, wind and precipitation compared to the rest of the Paso sub-appellations. The San Miguel, (Paso Robles) Estrella, (Paso Robles) Geneso, (Paso Robles) Highlands, El Pomar and Creston Districts, along with San Juan Creek, are the hotter, more western appellations of the greater Paso Robles AVA.
This is mostly red wine country, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel standing out as the star performers. Other popular varieties include Merlot, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Grenache and Rhône blends, both red and white. There is a fairly uniform tendency here towards wines that are unapologetically bold and opulently fruit-driven, albeit with a surprising amount of acidity thanks to the region’s chilly nighttime temperatures.