Orange-pink colour, quite dark for a rosé. Nose of bird's eye chili, coriander and navel orange. Wow! That hot chili flavour comes through on the palate, hot and abrasive. There are also notes of orange and strawberry and, later, blueberry. By the end of the bottle, I've become used to the heat and what I was interpreting at bird's eye chili now tastes like a big, juicy red capsicum. A very weird wine.
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Not much made it to my nose. Crisp, not much fruit but certainly mineral on the palate. My experience with Rose is limited but certainly drinks more like a white.
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Pale salmon pink, with light flavors of strawberry, ripe melon, and a touch of bell pepper. With an expansive, spicy finish, this carries some weight, yet remains tangy and fresh.
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pleasing pink-amber color. nose was very passionfruit/melon. palate notes of candied watermelon, a bit of strawberry and light on the pepper. always a great value.
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similar to the previous vintage. this is a really unique rose. pale rasberry color with flowers, strawberries and pepper on the nose. green pepper, jalapeno and strawberrie on the palate. a bit more weight than most roses. very unique rose. served with a honey glazed chicken and potatoe salad and itwent really well together.
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Deep coral to pale raspberry colour. Very soft nose, mostly minerals, hint of citrus and florals - virtually no fruit! Smells almost like a white.
Very smooth; few tannins and almost no alcoholic heat on the palate, but a bite in the finish. Low acidity, too - this could not possibly be described as crisp.
Thick mouthfeel, heavy, but oddly a bit thin bodied. Flavour is rather flat; soft muddled fruit notes, mandarin orange, white flowers, minerals, but nothing really jumps out. Oddly, bell pepper (???) which isn't actually very nice in a rose - that'd be the strongest note, if I had to pick one.
This is drinkable but very much un-rose like and simply boring. It could be boxed, that's how boring it is.
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My first Rose !!! Basing score on my perception only. I have nothing to compare it with. Color - watermellon Nose - strawberry,cream and pepper Palette - tasted exactly like strawberries coated in pepper w/ full mouth feel. Delicious. Will buy again.
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10/24/2013 - Drinking Trees wrote: 92 Points
Orange-pink colour, quite dark for a rosé. Nose of bird's eye chili, coriander and navel orange. Wow! That hot chili flavour comes through on the palate, hot and abrasive. There are also notes of orange and strawberry and, later, blueberry. By the end of the bottle, I've become used to the heat and what I was interpreting at bird's eye chili now tastes like a big, juicy red capsicum. A very weird wine.
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6/12/2009 - Dude Buster wrote: 86 Points
Not much made it to my nose. Crisp, not much fruit but certainly mineral on the palate. My experience with Rose is limited but certainly drinks more like a white.
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5/1/2009 - scott davis wrote: 87 Points
Pale salmon pink, with light flavors of strawberry, ripe melon, and a touch of bell pepper. With an expansive, spicy finish, this carries some weight, yet remains tangy and fresh.
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3/17/2009 - alteralysis wrote: 90 Points
pleasing pink-amber color. nose was very passionfruit/melon. palate notes of candied watermelon, a bit of strawberry and light on the pepper. always a great value.
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10/12/2008 - isaacjamesbaker wrote:
similar to the previous vintage. this is a really unique rose. pale rasberry color with flowers, strawberries and pepper on the nose. green pepper, jalapeno and strawberrie on the palate. a bit more weight than most roses. very unique rose. served with a honey glazed chicken and potatoe salad and itwent really well together.
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9/2/2008 - b2emarkets wrote:
Spicy
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8/4/2008 - mclgreenville wrote: 90 Points
had this wine again and loved it. I need to drink some other rose so I can get a better grasp of the designation. My dad loved it as well.
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7/8/2008 - fairnymph wrote: 75 Points
Deep coral to pale raspberry colour. Very soft nose, mostly minerals, hint of citrus and florals - virtually no fruit! Smells almost like a white.
Very smooth; few tannins and almost no alcoholic heat on the palate, but a bite in the finish. Low acidity, too - this could not possibly be described as crisp.
Thick mouthfeel, heavy, but oddly a bit thin bodied. Flavour is rather flat; soft muddled fruit notes, mandarin orange, white flowers, minerals, but nothing really jumps out. Oddly, bell pepper (???) which isn't actually very nice in a rose - that'd be the strongest note, if I had to pick one.
This is drinkable but very much un-rose like and simply boring. It could be boxed, that's how boring it is.
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6/26/2008 - mclgreenville wrote: 89 Points
My first Rose !!!
Basing score on my perception only. I have nothing to compare it with.
Color - watermellon
Nose - strawberry,cream and pepper
Palette - tasted exactly like strawberries coated in pepper w/ full mouth feel. Delicious. Will buy again.
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5/4/2008 - raadams wrote: 89 Points
Very enjoyable, crisp, and fresh with notes of brushed berries, cherry, and pepper.
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