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Score: 90/100   This Rhône rosé wine from the village appellation of Gigondas comes from vines grown on chalk and clay-soil slopes on the family-owned estate. It is a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Cinsault. Grapes are hand-picked. The Grenache is directly pressed and blended with rosé-coloured Syrah and Cinsault juice (bled from the red wine fermenting […]

Score: 87/100   This Rosé by Laurent Miquel is, as shown the label, is a blend of Cinsault (70% ) and Syrah (30%) grown on calcareous clay soils. After night-time harvesting, direct pressing and fermentation at moderately low temperature (16-17°C), in was matured on lees in stainless steel tanks. Finally: fining and light filtration before bottling. Tasting Notes […]

Score: 90/100   This rosé wine by Domaine Souviou from the Côtes de Provence region in the South of France is a blend of 25% Mouvedre, 15% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and 30% Cinsault. After manual harvest and cold-temperature fermentation, it was aged for 6 months in stainless steel tank. So how good is 2015 Domaine Souviou […]

Score: 88/100   This Collioure Rosé (pink) wine by Banyuls winery Domaine de la Rectorie is, like rather rarely, fermented in oak barrels after direct pressing of the grapes (no prolonged skin contact). It is a blend of 60% Grenache noir, 30% Syrah, and 10% Carignan. After fermentation, the wines was aged for about 7 months on its […]

Score: 89/100   Tasting Notes This Provence rosé is rather pale for the style, looking more like a white wine with slight orange and pinkish hues to it, than a frankly pink, or even a pale pink wine. Let’s say it is of a gris in the aspect! But does it matter? It may for […]

Score: 87/100   Tasting Notes This Provence rosé comes in a bright and rather pale pink color, a little salmon of medium-to-low intensity, a little gris, typical of the Cotes de Provence style. This is a very early bottling of the new 2016 vintage, so the nose feels a little tight and closed. There are […]

Score : 87/100   Tasting Notes This Côtes de Provence Rosé wine comes in a typical bright salmon pink color with orange hues. It is slightly pale but not as much as some are. The color instead strikes by its brightness and the shiny yellow/orange hues it has, I guess to remind of sun rays like […]

Score : 80/100   This rosé wine is made by Château la Tulipe de la Garde, a winery situated between Saint-Emilion and the Dordogne River in the Bordeaux region of France and owned by Dutch rock star Ilja Gort. The grapes for this Slurp rosé though come from the Languedoc-Roussillon area of France, under the Pays d’Oc […]

Score: 83/100   This wine is made by Domaine Joseph Mellot from 100% Pinot Gris grapes. The overall packaging is very appealing with its lace label and its transparent bottle revealing the elegant pink color of the wine in a form of sensuality. Tasting Notes The wine comes in a pale salmon pink color. It’s […]

Score: 91/100   This rosé Champagne sparkling wine by Louis de Sacy is made using the technique os “skin contact maceration” meaning that the grape juice is left in contact with the skins until sufficient pink color is ectracted, rather than adding red wine to white wine like it’s quite common in Champagne. Grapes are sourced […]