Rosé wine values tasted in 2009

The selected French bottlings have given me much pleasure for the price. I have purchased them again for personal consumption. I would consider doing so even with a 50 percent mark-up. (My criteria are explained here.)

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The below wines were tasted in France, in 2009 (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
 

 Vin de pays des maures - Piqueroque - (5l box wine) - Rosé

NV - 2.5 € - no trouble but no interest, ressembles the 2005 vintage - flower on the nose - light on its feet, a touch stiff, starfruit, fresh

 Côtes de provence - Domaine Turenne - rosé (bib cubitainer de 5l)

2008 - 2.8 € - a lot fruit - flower - intense, similar but smoother than the 2005 vintage, citrus, flower, biscuit, no stifness, pure and fresh

 Vin de pays du var - Domaine de Brigue - (rosé)

2008 - 4 € - typical - iris - round, dense and fresh

 Côtes de provence - Domaine du Cagueloup - Cuvée Minette

2008 - 7.3 € - flower (iris) - flower (iris), much alcohol, fresh

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