As the weather warms (hush, 40 degrees is warm in February!) my thoughts have been turning to whites and rosés as I try to hurry in the spring. It’s coming, I swear, my daffodils and irises are poking through the ground and I think I saw my hyacinths coming up as well! So now is the perfect time to dive into some of the wines I picked up in Murphys when I visited last fall. I chose the 2007 Hatcher Grenache Rosé tonight. It cost me around $11 at the winery, had a real cork closure, and clocked in at 12.6% alcohol by volume. I’ll be heading back up to Calaveras before the Wine Blogger Conference this year, “dragging” Thea with me, so maybe we’ll have time to stop in again.
I first noticed how incredibly dark the color on this Rosé was. It almost looked like a very light red wine rather than a Rosé. On the nose I found banana, like the Laffy Taffy banana flavor, strawberry, cherry candy, lime, white pepper, and red licorice. In the mouth I found the wine to be nice and smooth with a peppery kick. I got flavors of raspberry, strawberry, cherry, a banana aftertaste, lime, and some other underlying citrus. I liked how juicy the wine was and at $11 this was a fantastic deal.
Filed under: California, Grenache, Hatcher, Rose, Wine
Such the optimist drinking the rosé! You found a lot of sweet/candy on the nose – did the taste follow suit? I’d wonder about something that smells of Laffy Taffy being too sweet. Love the Williamsburg glasses, btw. I drank out of mine last night.
That is the most beautiful color. I tasted it again last weekend, and it was good – but best served on a warm summer day.
And you my dear can “drag” me with you anytime!
Yes, dragging Thea anywhere when it involves wine really doesn’t take as much effort as the word implies
Laffy taffy banana flavor? I am intrigued!
I am being an optimist Ron!
Hehe…yes, I guess dragging Thea is a fairly easy task when it concerns wine…or bacon!