Pale orange pink salmon color. An interesting mix of lactic creaminess, earth and strawberry and blood orange fruit. It didn’t pair as well as hoped with a pork tenderloin in pomegranate cream sauce mostly because the pomegranate was a bit harsh but the cream side went well. I suspect this is really a creamy butter chicken or salmon pairing. This would also go well with a cream heavy cheese course - Délice de Bourgogne for example. Lovely wine and really unusual style. This bottle says drink soon - this year or next.
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Lovely wine and very unusual. This drinks like a red burgundy and if you closed your eyes you wouldn’t really know the difference. Blood orange, earth. Pinot Noir light cherry. Slightly reductive on first opening but it dissipates quickly. Very aromatic after 60 minutes open.
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WTDS at All Saints (All Saints, Mpls, MN): Pale blood orange color. Drank a glass over an hour. Well this put a smile on our faces. I guess we need to start drinking more Sancerre Rose, or least more Cotat. This was quite beguiling with Meyer lemon, blood orange, flint, light floral notes on the nose. The palate shines with cherry, lemon-lime, creamy a nice texture and flinty minerality. Really a great rose. Loved it; 92+ to 93pts.
This pours medium pink in the glass with immediate expressiveness and complexity on the nose. Notes of rose petal, flint, struck match reduction, oyster shell, cut grass, sea spray, limestone crushed rock, and a light custard element soar from the glass. The palate enters on a lovely bright red fruit complemented by rose petal and a light custard note. The finish lingers impressively for minutes on end. This is really quite complex and spectacular. Extremely enjoyable at this juncture.
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Pale salmon skin color. Delicate, not completely dry strawberry, herbs, and fine acidity. Thin sheen of glycerine. In celebration of the first (well, almost) summer day we've had in San Francisco this summer. I am thrilled to finally have tried a Cotat rosé, and it did not disappoint.
Even a bit of unusual grapefruit peel the next night. I guess this wine is intent on affirming its white Sancerre origins despite it being Pinot-based :)
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Lovely nose of fresh strawberries, oranges, citrus, and red berries. Great acidity with more citrus, berry, and a hint of melon notes on the palate. Very nice finish. This is beautifully complex (especially on the nose) and refreshing. Outstanding rose!
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100% PN from 20 y/o vines, fermented with natural yeast and aged in old tonneaux.
Already with significant improvement from my last bottle. This stunningly interesting rosé offers the impression of strawberries macerating in honey with orange zest. It's a really delightful nose. With just a little bit of air, the texture smooths, and the fun begins. I know that a wine of this caliber ought to be analyzed with the utmost seriousness, but it's so delicious that you really don't have time for all that :)
Will look to source more and hold for a few years.
Fresh nose of sweet strawberries, cherries and rose petals. It has nice texture and is quite plump and full. It tightens towards the finish and has good detail and energy. Another beautiful Rosé from Cotat.
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2/6/2024 - acidqueen wrote: 92 Points
Pale orange pink salmon color. An interesting mix of lactic creaminess, earth and strawberry and blood orange fruit. It didn’t pair as well as hoped with a pork tenderloin in pomegranate cream sauce mostly because the pomegranate was a bit harsh but the cream side went well. I suspect this is really a creamy butter chicken or salmon pairing. This would also go well with a cream heavy cheese course - Délice de Bourgogne for example. Lovely wine and really unusual style. This bottle says drink soon - this year or next.
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12/19/2023 - acidqueen wrote: 93 Points
Lovely wine and very unusual. This drinks like a red burgundy and if you closed your eyes you wouldn’t really know the difference. Blood orange, earth. Pinot Noir light cherry. Slightly reductive on first opening but it dissipates quickly. Very aromatic after 60 minutes open.
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10/27/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
WTDS at All Saints (All Saints, Mpls, MN): Pale blood orange color. Drank a glass over an hour. Well this put a smile on our faces. I guess we need to start drinking more Sancerre Rose, or least more Cotat. This was quite beguiling with Meyer lemon, blood orange, flint, light floral notes on the nose. The palate shines with cherry, lemon-lime, creamy a nice texture and flinty minerality. Really a great rose. Loved it; 92+ to 93pts.
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9/28/2021 - Wine Canuck wrote: 94 Points
This pours medium pink in the glass with immediate expressiveness and complexity on the nose. Notes of rose petal, flint, struck match reduction, oyster shell, cut grass, sea spray, limestone crushed rock, and a light custard element soar from the glass. The palate enters on a lovely bright red fruit complemented by rose petal and a light custard note. The finish lingers impressively for minutes on end. This is really quite complex and spectacular. Extremely enjoyable at this juncture.
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8/27/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:
Pale salmon skin color. Delicate, not completely dry strawberry, herbs, and fine acidity. Thin sheen of glycerine. In celebration of the first (well, almost) summer day we've had in San Francisco this summer. I am thrilled to finally have tried a Cotat rosé, and it did not disappoint.
Even a bit of unusual grapefruit peel the next night. I guess this wine is intent on affirming its white Sancerre origins despite it being Pinot-based :)
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7/14/2021 - B Paul wrote:
Strawberries, cherry and florals. This is an outstanding, and very serious, rose. We loved it.
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5/28/2021 - jhw425 wrote: 93 Points
There isn’t a better wine to have by the ocean with seafood. Perfect
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5/1/2021 - jhw425 wrote: 92 Points
Better on day 2
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8/1/2020 - PVJC Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent, nice subtle minerality. Would definitely buy again.
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6/3/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
A private lunch with family (Restaurant De Lage Vuursche, Lage Vuursche, NL): Unfined and unfiltered. Silky and flowing, honeyed texture, spiced strawberries and cream, floral lift (rose), gentle bitters, smoky minerality, very good resonance and length. A beautiful rosé.
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4/4/2020 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely nose of fresh strawberries, oranges, citrus, and red berries. Great acidity with more citrus, berry, and a hint of melon notes on the palate. Very nice finish. This is beautifully complex (especially on the nose) and refreshing. Outstanding rose!
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7/28/2019 - jviz Likes this wine: 93 Points
100% PN from 20 y/o vines, fermented with natural yeast and aged in old tonneaux.
Already with significant improvement from my last bottle. This stunningly interesting rosé offers the impression of strawberries macerating in honey with orange zest. It's a really delightful nose. With just a little bit of air, the texture smooths, and the fun begins. I know that a wine of this caliber ought to be analyzed with the utmost seriousness, but it's so delicious that you really don't have time for all that :)
Will look to source more and hold for a few years.
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9/24/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Fresh nose of sweet strawberries, cherries and rose petals. It has nice texture and is quite plump and full. It tightens towards the finish and has good detail and energy. Another beautiful Rosé from Cotat.
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