Le Charmel Cotes de Provence Rose 2019
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Wilfred
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The nose has beautiful aromas of raspberries and wildflowers, and the palate is wonderfully bright and fresh with notes of strawberry and pear.
Rosé is the perfect all-occasion wine! It is especially perfect as an aperitif, with all seafood dishes, salads, charcuterie, and goat cheese.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Le Charmel Rosé is a pink wine for all seasons. From just by itself, to elegant meals, this wine shows excellent versatility. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers savory spices and red fruit in its aromas and flavors. Pair it with nigiri sashimi including salmon, tuna, and Unagi. (Tasted: June 3, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Cotes de Provence is an extensive but valuable appellation that includes vineyards bordering the main Provencal appellations. Its sites vary from subalpine hills, which receive the cooling effects of the mountains to the north, to the coastal St-Tropez, a region mainly influenced by the warm Mediterranean sunshine.
Here the focus is on quality rosé, as it defines four fifths of the region’s wines. Following in the rosé footsteps, a lot of new effort is going into the region’s red production as well. A new generation has turned its focus on high quality Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault and Carignan. Cotes de Provence white wines, which represent a miniscule part of the region as far as volume, are nonetheless worthy of consideration and can include any combination of Clairette, Semillon, Ugni Blanc and Vermentino.