The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Roses for Summer Heat
July 16, 2025
All Rose
2024 Landaus Meyer Zweigelt Rose
Austrian winery Landhaus Meyer has made our go-to Gruner Veltliner for several vintages. Like their Gruner, their Rose is a steal. It is primarily the deliciously quaffable Zweigelt grape from vineyards near Vienna, plus a bit of Pinot Noir for savor and Cabernet to stiffen. It will lighten your palate all summer without the barest lightening of your wallet.
Aroma: Citrus & wild berry; Mouth: spicy Zweigelt tang with harmonious and drinkable palate; Very Good Plus 15.99; Case, 13.99
2024 Cantina Santa Maria La Palma Alghero ‘Aragosta’ Rosé
A lively and vibrant Rose from Sardegna blends the Sardinian grape Cannonau (Grenache), Carignan and Monica for a light and crisp wine which is sure to be a summer crowd pleaser.
Aroma: Red raspberry, strawberry, Chamomile, a hint of salt, sour cherry, and a hint of lime.
Mouth: Light body, fresh fruit, clean, wild berry fruit, hint of peach, lively acidity, dry and crisp finish. Very Good $14.99, Case $12.99
Portugal Rich and Fruity
2024 Heredad do Rocim Mariana Rose
From Alentejo, just upriver from Lisbon, comes this savory, joyously fruited blend of the premium Touriga Nacional and Aragonez (Tempranillo). It is delightful with any lighter meat or seafood dish
Aroma: light fresh intense pretty; Mouth: rounded ripe with nice intensity. Fleshy full; Very Good $18.99; Case, $15.99
2024 Planeta Sicilia Rose
From the island of Sicily comes a lush and juicy Rose wine teeming with fresh fruits that is both very refreshing and a satisfying sip. A unique but skillfully blended wine made with the Sicilian grape Nero D’Avola, Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc. Makes for an amazing pairing with grilled spiced rubbed shrimp or a grilled vinaigrette marinated tuna kabob.
Aroma: Wild strawberries, black raspberries, red currant, orange blossoms and rose petals. Mouth: Juicy peach, mixed berries, zesty citrus fruits, wet stone minerality, balanced acidity, a hint of salinity with a crisp finish. Very Good $21, Case $17.99
Our Most Popular Provencal Rose
2023 Ch. Roquefort Cotes de Provence Rose Corail
The biodynamic Rose Corail (French for coral) has been our most popular Provencal rose for years. Northern exposure and the estate's high altitude give the wine freshness embedded in rich, full, and rounded fruit. Combined with the delicately astringent structure of Provencal roses, it is a good partner for various warmer weather dishes, even bouillabaisse, grilled fish, and almost any chicken or lightly dressed salad.
Organic, Biodynamic; Aroma: somewhat reserved to start, but opens light, pretty, and floral; Mouth: juicy bright, intense fine, intense, clean piercing acidity, followed by generous fruit, delicate astringency on the finish; Very Good Plus$22.99, Case 19.55
Deep and Powerful
2024 Guiberteau Chai de la Dive Saumur Rose Guiberteau
The crisp, savory Cabernet Franc grape make wine perfect for meals on days too hot for a red.
Saumur is richer and heavier. It's the home of some of the Loire's most sought-after cult wineries, of which Guiberteau is one. Demand has been so strong for their rose that they now purchase purchase grapes from other neighboring. sources and now label it the Chateau La Dive. It has the same power, drive, and intensity as our customers have have loved before. It opens rich now, and with air opens into a full, dense, and weighty wine., extraordinary for its price.
Color: very, very pale; Aroma: very heady and lushly floral, accented by a crisp green note; Mouth: vibrant, bright, heavy, and floral, with a bright acid line, firm, refined acid full, bright, long; Very Good - Excellent $24.99; Case, $21.49
July Rose Case $239, Sale $199, $16.58 a bottle
Or mix any twelve of more at their case prices
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- Len Rothenberg
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