Winemaker Notes
A pretty peach color, a touch deeper than most recent vintages. On the nose, vibrant aromatics of fresh nectarine, wild strawberry, and jasmine. The mouth is rich with fruit but dry and bright, with flavors of strawberry tart and salted watermelon, vibrant acids, and a mouth-watering finish with notes of yellow raspberry and rose petals.
Pair with salmon, sushi, anchovies, sausages, fried chicken and Mediterranean tapas.
Blend: 71% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, 8% Vermentino, 1% Counoise
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Soft peach, watermelon and rose petal aromas hold their poise for days on the nose of this blend of 71% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 8% Vermentino and 1% Counoise. The palate is energetic and and stony in texture, offering crisp pomegranate and orange peel flavors.
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James Suckling
Fresh and vibrant Provencal-style rosé with notes of watermelon, red apples and crushed strawberries. The palate has a medium body with focused acidity, showing nectarines, lemons and mandarins. A blend of 71% grenache, 20% mourvedre, 8% vermentino and 1% counoise.
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Wine Spectator
Taking a page from the Rhône's use of Rolle the white grape in rosé, Tablas Creek has used it here to perfection, under its other name, Vermentino. Bright candied strawberries, and cut fresh rhubarb are accented by soaring citrus accents. The palate loads up on fresh bright fruits, flavours of blood orange and early-season wild strawberries play alongside crushed slate, ripe raspberry and just a faint whisper of garrigue.
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Vinous
A pale pink, the 2023 Rosé Patelin de Tablas opens in the glass with a blend of dusty rose and white strawberries complemented by hints of lemon oil. It balances ripe orchard fruits and sweet spice with cool-toned acidity to unfold a juicy and energetic display. The 2023 resolves nicely crunchy and long with a salty edge that keeps the taster looking for more.
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.