Rosé wine values tasted in 2006

 

The selected French bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. Featured values include five wines from Provence and five organic wines.
 

The below wines were tasted in France, in 2006 (between April and December).The tasting notes are listed by increasing prices, with the following format:

Appellation - producer - plot or brand - variety
Vintage - approximate price - general impression - on nose - on palate - after swallowing

 

o Vin-de-pays-des-maures - Domaine Turenne - Aubrégades - [Cinsault 90%]
2005 - 4 € - a scent of peach skin - dense, mouth-watering, alcohol shows much, fresh

Where to purchase Domaine Turenne wines
 

o Vin de pays du Var - Patrick Mourlan - Bastide des Oliviers - (rosé)
2005 - 4.4 € - not much manipulated (much less so than Pique-Roque) - not much scent - round, strawberry, dense, much alcohol, fresh
06270 Villeneuve Loubet, Cave du Loup, M.Populin, tél : 04 93 20 68 18
 

o Vin-de-table - Le Mazel - Pétillant rosé - Carignan
[2004] - 4.5 € - not much showing on the nose - pink grapefruit, few mid-sized bubbles, very sweet, fresh, a note of brewer's yeast (slightly acidic and bitter)

Where to purchase Le Mazel wines
 

o Vin-de-pays-des-maures - Pique-Roque
2005 - 4.5 € - out of the present pick of blush wines, Pique-Roque is the only one that is not organic, it is our standard representative of the Provence rosé wines, complete with flower and apparent winemaking - the nose is dominated by flower - the wide mouth presence shows neither fat nor the fudge note of some Provence rosés, instead it shows flower and freshness
06140 Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 8 r Bourgade, Cave de Tourrettes, M.Orta, tél : 04 93 24 10 12
 

Côtes-de-provence wine labelo Côtes-de-provence - Domaine Turenne - Camille - [Cinsault 80%]
2005 - 5.7 € - the grape expresses itself finely thanks to a supportive winemaking (as opposed to obtrusive) - dust, carambola (star fruit) - no flower, a lot of fruit (carambola, a hint of redcurrant) much alcohol (wide), fresh

Where to purchase Domaine Turenne wines
 

o Coteaux-varois - Patrick Mourlan - Bastide des Oliviers - (rosé)
2005 - 7 € - very pure - the palate shows nectarine, density, tiny gas beads, and freshness
06140 Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 8 r Bourgade, Cave de Tourrettes, M.Orta, tél : 04 93 24 10 12
 
 

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