Hillsborough Visit (Purcelville, VA): So much different than the last bottle I had, and this bottling is a Traminette/Norton blend, so I'm not sure what's going on, but this was fun. Super floral with roses and strawberry jam.
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Virginia Rosés: Dark cherry juice colored. A cider and orange wine-like aspect of wild yeast, candied orange peel. Medium-bodied and crisp with a spritz and a delightfully tangy bite. This is much better than the 2014, it shows more fruit and less austerity and oddities. Lots of cherries and blood orange with a tangy herbal and white pepper element – a sour beer/orange wine aspect to this wine, but it’s also neither of those things. Still perplexing, just a lot more accessible and approachable (and more delicious) than the 2014. Mostly Petit Manseng with some red wine (made from Tannat) blended in.
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4/30/2017 - isaacjamesbaker wrote:
Hillsborough Visit (Purcelville, VA): So much different than the last bottle I had, and this bottling is a Traminette/Norton blend, so I'm not sure what's going on, but this was fun. Super floral with roses and strawberry jam.
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4/12/2017 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 87 Points
Virginia Rosés: Dark cherry juice colored. A cider and orange wine-like aspect of wild yeast, candied orange peel. Medium-bodied and crisp with a spritz and a delightfully tangy bite. This is much better than the 2014, it shows more fruit and less austerity and oddities. Lots of cherries and blood orange with a tangy herbal and white pepper element – a sour beer/orange wine aspect to this wine, but it’s also neither of those things. Still perplexing, just a lot more accessible and approachable (and more delicious) than the 2014. Mostly Petit Manseng with some red wine (made from Tannat) blended in.
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