A Personal Visit to Chateau Fontaine Tasting Room, Lake Leelanau, Mi 7/4/2013 (Chateau Fontaine Tasting Room): This is really delightful. It takes very little imagination to compare this to a rose' from Provence. Pretty sure this is bleed wine from skins that have been broken, but in typical Leelanau Peninsula delicate and elegant style, tastes very much like drain rose'. The color is very light salmon to orange. The nose has nice crushed dried rose petals and sweet red fruit. Very nice rich, lanolin like mouth feel. Loads of maraschino cherries on the palate. Great balance.Soft and elegant, while being much more fruity than the color would suggest. Moe maraschino cherry on the finish.
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Popped and poured with turkey burgers, then finished off the next night. Aroma is strawberry and grapefruit. Taste has the strawberry flavor along with cream, and then has some acidity that hits in the mid-palate. This is a very enjoyable rose, perhaps my favorite I've had.
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7/4/2013 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 88 Points
A Personal Visit to Chateau Fontaine Tasting Room, Lake Leelanau, Mi 7/4/2013 (Chateau Fontaine Tasting Room): This is really delightful. It takes very little imagination to compare this to a rose' from Provence. Pretty sure this is bleed wine from skins that have been broken, but in typical Leelanau Peninsula delicate and elegant style, tastes very much like drain rose'. The color is very light salmon to orange. The nose has nice crushed dried rose petals and sweet red fruit. Very nice rich, lanolin like mouth feel. Loads of maraschino cherries on the palate. Great balance.Soft and elegant, while being much more fruity than the color would suggest. Moe maraschino cherry on the finish.
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3/22/2013 - Wine Sparty wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured with turkey burgers, then finished off the next night. Aroma is strawberry and grapefruit. Taste has the strawberry flavor along with cream, and then has some acidity that hits in the mid-palate. This is a very enjoyable rose, perhaps my favorite I've had.
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