Mas de la Dame La Gourmande Rosé 2018
A blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah,10% Mourvedre, and 10% Cinsault, the 2018 Mas de la Dame La Gourmande Rosé is rose gold in the glass and opens with a bushel basket of ripe red berries, pit fruit, and mandarin oranges, and wind-blown minerality. In the mouth, it’s lighter than the nose belies—the acidity a […]
Jean-Luc Colombo Cape Bleue Rosé 2017
Coursing minerality takes a back seat to fruit in this Provençal pink composed of 67% Syrah and 33% Mourvèdre—wet slate, ancient marine soils, limestone, chalk, and oceanic salinity surge through the nose and salmon-hued core. What fruit there is, lilts amongst the tides, wild strawberries, melon, and a touch of white peach. It’s all too […]
Salade Niçoise with Copper River Salmon & Provence Rosé
It was in the mid-eighties that I realized that I was from a non-food loving household—a discovery made while on sleepovers at girlfriends’ houses. I started to wonder why it was that other families put so much more effort into their nightly meals. At my home, cooking was utilitarian at best, and not a thing […]
Château de Berne Emotion Rosé 2017
A mere 25 miles from the shimmering depthless azure blue of the Mediterranean, this grenache-dominant rosé from Château de Berne, aptly named ‘Emotion’ is a delicious romp through summer’s bounty—wild strawberries, fresh cherries, and golden raspberries. Cresting over this bushel-basket of fruit, white flowers, and wafting, sea breezes. In the mouth, it’s light and vivid, […]
Maîtres Vignerons de la Presqu’ile de Saint-Tropez Côtes de Provence Fleur de Mer Rosé 2016
A perennial favorite, Fleur de Mer Rosé is salmon-hued in the glass and unsparing in summer fruit—melon and raspberries followed by lilting white flowers and wet stone. In the mouth, it’s lithe, bright, and bedecked in texturally lovely, mineral-laden acidity that plays nicely with pink pomelo pith and subtle hints of the sea. 13.0% ABV […]
Tortoise Creek Le Charmel Côtes de Provence Rosé 2017
Made from organic grapes, Tortoise Creek Le Charmel Côtes de Provence Rosé 2017 is pale salmon in the glass, with lilting aromas of white peach, melon, white flowers and ladies cold crème. It’s a fairly delicate rosé, lighter in body, with vibrant mineral-tipped acidity. Nice persistence and nicely done for its price point. Sample 88 […]
Château de Berne Inspiration Rosé 2017
A Grenache-dominant blend, the Château de Berne Inspiration Rosé unfurls to reveal fragrant notes of white flowers, golden raspberries, peach, and crisp alpine air. The palate is awash in tart cherries and pomegranate. Light and vivid, with the delicacy of a ballerina, it pirouettes to a graceful, meandering finish. 12.5% ABV | Sample Château de […]
Urban Provence 2017
Pale salmon in the glass with gossamer rose gold inflections, the 2017 Urban Provence Rosé is a blend of 45% Grenache Noir, 35% Cinsault, 15% Syrah, and Rolle, all sourced from vineyard blocks planted around the commune of La Garde Freinet, bordering St. Tropez. Classic Provençal aromas of tart pie cherry, golden raspberry, peach, line-dried […]
Château Léoube Rosé de Léoube 2016
Oh, the sweet promise of summer, Château Léoube Rosé de Léoube hints at ripe melon and fleshy, fuzzy-skinned peaches from the market, a whisper of minerality and jellied raspberries adds layered complexity. It’s light and lean, with a well-formed mineral backbone that chaperones what fruit there is from start to finish, unfurling in a final […]
Château de l’Aumerade Côtes de Provence Cuvée Marie-Christine 2016
An eponymous rosé, for me at least, not the winery—as I’ve been given that most pedestrian 1970s middle name of Marie—pale salmon in the glass, Château de l’Aumerade’s 2016 Cuvée Marie-Christine is awash with yellow plums, peaches, salmon berries, and wet pomace. It’s clean on the palate, prominently featuring blithe acidity and a texture infused […]