Chiaretto Di Bardolino - Arresting rosé from the shores of Lake Garda
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- Published: 15 April 2023 15 April 2023
There’s a cool breeze blowing in across Lake Garda and, despite the record breaking drought of Italy’s ’22 summer, the horizon line between the lake and sky is a silky, silvery grey, with the lower ranges of mountains fading in and out of vision; rain threatens.
What do Rosé and Bourgogne have in common?
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- Published: 24 October 2022 24 October 2022
Brendan Barrett tastes two rosés with varied responses. But the big question he is asking is whether rosé might actually grow up into something much more revered?
An injection of pink into a monochrome world
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- Published: 17 January 2021 17 January 2021
More evidence that rosé wines pair fabulously well with food and are at the ready to add colour into the wintry months. Scottie Gregory explores three fine pinks from Provence with some mouth-watering dishes.
Three more Provence Rosés well worth trying are Le Grand Cros L’Espirit de Provence; Chateau St-Maur Cru Classé and last, but not least, La Sangliere Speciale.
Hérosé 2021 - Cellier des Princes
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- Published: 22 February 2022 22 February 2022
A real beauty of a modern rosé from the Cellier des Princes, a cooperative of 150 winegrowers in Chateauneif-du-Pape.
Strawberry pink colour - in a bottle with elegant floral design and an attractive 12.5% in alcohol making it very drinkable.
Chateau Paradis, Coteaux d’Aix en Provence, Terre des Anges Rosé 2019
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- Published: 24 November 2020 24 November 2020
As we head towards winter, some of us may discard the habit of a glass of chilled rosé as a soothing balm for warm weather but this rosé is a delight barely chilled. This is a rosé that will take us through the winter and is one of the contrasts combining intensity of flavour with a silky subtleness - by Scottie Gregory.
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