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.
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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!