Winemaker Notes
A pretty light peach color. On the nose, explosive aromatics of pink grapefruit, fresh nectarine, cherry blossom, and chalky minerals. The mouth is lovely and lively like the nose, with flavors of yellow raspberry and peach juice, vibrant acids, and a mouth-watering finish with notes of passion fruit and white flowers. Electric.
Pair with salmon, sushi, anchovies, sausages, fried chicken and Mediterranean tapas.
Blend: 79% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 6% Counoise
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Patelin de Tablas Rosé, made up of Grenache, Mourvèdre and Counoise, is scented of honeydew melon, tarragon, lime peel and petrichor. The medium-bodied palate is fresh and textural with an elegant core of fruit and a long, mineral-driven finish. Best After 2023
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James Suckling
A bright and spicy rose with some anise and fennel to the cherry and orange peel characters. Elegant, pure and bone-dry on the palate with a bright thread of acidity and a linear, refreshing finish. 79% grenache, 15% mourvedre and 6% counoise.
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Wine & Spirits
This is Tablas’s grenache-dominant blend, in a nod to Provence. It’s floral, with a scent of fruit blossom and red cherry, a touch dusty, with a sneaky intensity that’s bracing and refreshing. This has the stuff to pair with a good savory dish like tonkatsu ramen.
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.