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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2014 (based on 8 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 84 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by quaffnov on 8/17/2014 & rated 88 points: Light copper orange in color, this has a peach/ orange /strawberry nose. Bright acidity and a little effervescent, Orange and lemon flavors with a tinge of strawberry. (4914 views) | | | Tasted by BigSchmove on 8/15/2014 & rated 88 points: light bright and refreshing (4796 views) | | | Tasted by fine137 on 8/3/2014 & rated 91 points: This is getting better with a bit of age. The color is striking. Nice acidity. (4812 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 6/6/2014 & rated 90 points: Dinner in the Provinces - Act 2 (Chez Walker - Princeton, NJ): First two wines served as an aperitif for my gourmand guests. Drank this next to a Chateau Margui, very different styles of Rose and divided the group on preference. The AR was the more fruit forward of the two
Consistent with prior notes, crisp acidity, dry, strawberry/bright red fruits and citrus on the mid palate. Noticed some must on the finish. The wine finishes medium to short (5766 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 5/9/2014 & rated 91 points: Valerie and her girlfriends - great dinner and tasting in our cellar! (Cellars at Chez Walker): Had chilled 2 - first bottle was corked. Drank with about half the crowd as an aperitif, great way to start easing into Summer.
Consistent with prior notes. Crisp acidity, dry, strawberry/bright red fruits and citrus on the mid palate. Good right from the bottle but does open more after about 20 minutes medium and creamy finish. (5862 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 5/9/2014 flawed bottle: Valerie and her girlfriends - great dinner and tasting in our cellar! (Cellars at Chez Walker): corked (2149 views) | | | Tasted by Cote d'Or on 5/3/2014: -translucent light orange
-fragrant, slightly herbal
-med+ acidity, mostly savory/herbal/spice elements on med concentration, touch of bitterness
-still drinking well this year (1471 views) | | | Tasted by ucbeau on 4/30/2014: Pulled straight from the fridge, popped and poured. Opens with loads of sour strawberry, lemons, green herb, and sea-spray. I love it. On the palate there's a huge dollop of acidity that supports a melange of lemon, strawberry, cherry, and raspberry. As the wine warmed up I also tasted herbs and cut grass. The balance is terrific and I kept wanting to pair this with chips and dip or some carnitas street tacos. (1603 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 4/18/2014: Light copper color. Creamy and modest aromas. On the palate, some crisp winter melon flavors. Really more subtle than anything. And charming for that. (1399 views) | | | Tasted by WineCenturyAZ on 2/1/2014 & rated 84 points: Unique rose blend, bone dry, tart bright red fruits (1841 views) | | | Tasted by Sourdough on 12/19/2013 & rated 91 points: What an interesting rose! Started a little skunky so I decanted it and that really opened it up. Lovely, clear rose in color. I got melon with strawberry as the primary flavors but when it really opens up it is much more complex than that. Pleasant, long finish. A delightful rose and a great testament to Arnot Roberts for their wines are always interesting! (2003 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 11/30/2013: I gave this a quadruple splash decant at the cork pull.
Strawberry and mineral aromas. Some cracked grain aromas, that make me think oak, but I highly doubt that's actually the case. Ashy on the palate. Subtle and easy. Even with the low ABV, you can feel just that peaking through just a touch. Strawberry cream finish.
Day 2 this continues to get better even after the vigourous decant it got yesterday. really strawberry cream today. very pretty wine, the edges and ABV seem much more dialed into the mix today. Chalky orange zest and powdered pink flower on the palate. really smoking tonight. (1882 views) | | | Tasted by Poliosis on 9/25/2013 & rated 91 points: one of the better roses i've had this year. lots going on, rhubarb, melon, berry. lovely body, mildly tannic and dry. a great food wine but was also very good on it's own. (2458 views) | | | Tasted by David_T on 9/6/2013 & rated 90 points: This just has a little bit of everything that all adds up to a nice wine. A little strawberry, a little cherry, a little watermelon, a little rhubarb, a little floral, a little chalky, a little bitterness, a little funk, a little salinity, a little acidity, a little tannin. More than a little dry. Not too much of any one thing making it fairly balanced, though while I like it quite a bit I don't love it for some reason I can't quite place. Much better IMO as it warmed up a red serving temperature. (2209 views) | | | Tasted by TheWinoTimes on 8/20/2013: I think my expectations were a little too high, as I really like this producer, but this drank like a nondescript rosé, with a little extra bitterness. Not bad but unmemorable. (2054 views) | | | Tasted by Chaz Bham on 8/17/2013 & rated 90 points: A California rosé of Touriga Nacional (80%) and Tinta Cao (20%)
The wine delivers, with uncommon complexity on both the nose and the palate. Floral and vinous, this has that little extra something that sets it apart from the sea of summer rosés. Fabulous combination with an herbed chicken dish on a summer evening. Purchased from Domaine LA. (1871 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 8/16/2013 & rated 91 points: Is this the 2011? No, but then I think only Miguel Cabrera is capable of such excellence in back to back years. It is still an excellent Rosé, offering pretty, sweet red fruit, a lovely floral element and a little bit of chalky bite on the finish. It's delicious on its own or with sushi (last night's dinner), and a bottle disappears in short order. I was especially pleased to be drinking it in a more early fall temperatures where the wine was not chilled to within an inch of its life, thus gets to show more of what it has. (2008 views) | | | Tasted by Madkat on 8/14/2013: Same as last notes on 3/9/13... very enjoyable, this bottle had quite an amount of sediment but did not impact overall expereince of the wine. (1829 views) | | | Tasted by Phredd on 8/13/2013 & rated 88 points: Lovely salmon orange in the glass, the bottle is clear, giving me a full view of a whole lot of large tartrate crystals at the bottom. The nose is a little challenged, but with hints of last year's vintage: rhubarb, watermelon rind, strawberries, and some nice florals. I'd like more on the nose, though. The palate, though, just doesn't live up to last year. It's decent, with some tannin, but also a little bitterness without balancing sweetness. The palate is relatively thin and the finish is not nearly as long as last year's stunning vintage. Personally, I think the tartrate has something to do with this. I know folks say that the crystals are flavorless and make no difference, but I have found that bottles with tartrate crystals always seem a little flat and lack some liveliness. I'll score it, but hope my next bottle is a little better.... (1717 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 8/4/2013 & rated 91 points: With sesame ginger swordfish and baked potatoes in Ocean City. Great pairing, perfect summer wine. Drink now (1676 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 7/27/2013: Really gets started after its been open for an hour or so. Rides high to start, but then recedes into a nice white and pink mineral expression. Powdery dried flower. Light tart cherry and ashy mineral. Last sip is the best 2 hours in. (1553 views) | | | Tasted by John Dunlap on 7/21/2013 & rated 90 points: A very nice wine, without being astringent or too high in alcohol (12.5 percent). Lovely for spring and summer drinking. Served with pan-cooked chicken scaloppine with spiced roasted apricots (recipie: NYT 7/5). A very appealing combination. Wish I had more of this wine....
BTW, rose wines - if properly made - are not as easy to make as you night think. Funny how that works: cheaper price point, but more TLC. (1718 views) | | | Tasted by Colima74 on 7/20/2013 & rated 90 points: Nice rosé, no doubt, but I don't get why others seem so ga-ga. (1643 views) | | | Tasted by missionpk on 7/18/2013 & rated 91 points: A convert. I gave the first bottle an 85, as I thought it was just too light and too low in acidity. It is unusual, which threw me off. This is basically a very light mid-weight wine that is all about flavor and texture. It is very good flavor and texture, though. (1619 views) | | | Tasted by JPH104 on 7/17/2013: Fuller bodied, good length. Nose is lacking. Straightforward and unoffensive but I was expecting more. (1434 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Arnot-Roberts Producer Website
Jamie Kutch left a highly paid career as a stock trader in 2005 to move to California and pursue his dream of making wine. People thought he was crazy, until the first Pinot Noir he released scored 93 points in Wine Spectator. That shouldn't come as a surprise as Jamie has cut his teeth among some of the best producers in the Pinot Noir world. From his time spent working at the revered Kosta Browne in Sonoma to receiving sage advice from none other than Aubert de Villaine of Domaine de la Romanee Conti, Jamie has taken everything he has learned to produce some of the most compelling and terroir driven wines in California.
The Kutch wines are made as naturally as possible. After the grapes are harvested by hand, they are sorted meticulously and moved only by gravity, before being fermented in small open-top containers with hand and foot punch downs using indigenous yeasts. When fermented, the wine is gravity flowed into French Oak barrels, where they age sur lie (on the lees). The vineyard pursues a minimalist philosophy, trying to produce the purest expression of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a particular place and time.
Since foundation 2001, Arnot-Roberts has been one of the most progressive and revolutionary producers on the California landscape. Initially their focus was just on making great Californian wines, but when the cool 2005 vintage gave them wines in a more austere, high acid style than the region was used to, Nathan and Duncan reacted completely differently to practically everyone else in California – they loved them and decided to pursue lower ripeness levels and higher acidity in all of their wines henceforth.
The intent is to produce wines that express the character of the sites in which the grapes are grown. No vineyards are owned. Fruit was sourced by arrangements with farmers from prime sites in Napa, the Sonoma Coast, the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Santa Rita Hills, Moon Mountain and the Sierra Foothills. The focus is on single vineyards, but some regional / appellation wines are also made if the grapes show strong association with their origins. The common thread is that most of the fruit is sourced from cooler vineyard sites.
Touriga Nacional Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia
Touriga Nacional is the foundation for many port wines. It's a hearty, thick-skinned red grape with moderate acidity, firm tannins, and black fruit character.Rosé Rosé - WikipediaUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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