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Rosé
2009 Clos Roche Blanche Pineau d'Aunis Touraine Rosé
Pineau d'Aunis
- France
- Loire Valley
- Touraine
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Community Tasting Notes 5
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Keith Levenberg wrote: 94 points
September 15, 2010 - slanum's note of 8/12 nails it. This is a bracing, pale rose with none of the cotton candy or sweet pink fruit juice of many a rose; combine that raciness with its carbonic spritz and you have probably the perfect summer refresher (goddammit, I didn't get to this until after Labor Day) that's hedonistic in the original, non-Parkeresque sense of the word, a wine to guzzle with thoughtless abandon. It seems to achieve the profile that wines like the Ameztoi Rubentis are shooting for but for my tastes the Ameztoi has never pulled it off as well as this does. In the leftovers the next day, most but not all of the carbonic spritz has mellowed but it retains the same edginess and bite, now derived as much from the usual tart, peppery kick I love in CRB's wines.
An interesting postscript. When I went back for more (all gone, as it turns out), Chambers Street informed me that the spritz was not intentional: "Several people who tasted the wine recently discovered it to be re-fermenting, dry and with pétillant when it had been ever so slightly off-dry and totally still." Silly me! In any event, my bottle didn't give off any fermentive odors and the dry profile and spritziness weren't a bug but a feature; I actually much preferred it to previous pineau d'aunis rosés that weren't as bracing. -
slanum wrote:
August 12, 2010 - Ethereal. There's not much more that can be said. Like drinking the juice of pale pink flower petals. A bit of spritz at first, but it disappears quickly. For those impressed by subtlety. Just lovely.
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drwine2001 wrote:
July 28, 2010 - Very pale pink with slight fizz. Melon rind and green herbs. Light bodied, fairly lively. The spritz adds some zest. Tannic, mineral finish. Good.
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By Josh Raynolds
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By Richard Jennings
8/19/2012 (link)(Clos Roche Blanche Pineau d'Aunis Touraine Rosé) Very light pink color with 1.5 millimeter clear meniscus; yogurt bacillus, kaffir nose; off palate
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By Richard Jennings
9/11/2010 (link) 92 points(Clos Roche Blanche Pineau d'Aunis Touraine Rosé) Light pink color; carbonic maceration, apple, tart peach nose; tasty, light, tart peach, apple, mineral, lime palate with grip, one of the more interesting and appealing rosés I've had this season; medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Rosé
- Producer Clos Roche Blanche
- Varietal Pineau d'Aunis
- Designation Rosé
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Touraine
- Appellation Touraine
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- Consumed 3 (100%)
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- DesignationRosé
- CountryFrance
- RegionLoire Valley
- SubRegionTouraine
- AppellationTouraine
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