Verdad Rose 2017
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Wilfred
Wong
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: I often buy rosés, not just because they can be seriously good, but for their beautiful colors. The 2017 Verdad Rosé is one of the most enticing wines in the marketplace (white, red, or pink), and there is nothing wrong with nice and pretty. TASTING NOTES. This wine is fresh, vivid, and crisp. Its aromas and flavors of ripe berries and melon fruit last long on the palate and should match well with grilled skin-on chicken thighs. (Tasted: August 3, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Wilfred
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Wilfred
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The first vintage for Verdad was 2000. Verdad makes a dry Grenache based Rosé, a Santa Ynez Valley Albariño and Tempranillo as well as a Demeter certified biodynamic Albariño and Tempranillo from the Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard. The total production is about 2000 cases.
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