Friday 28 August 2015

Leone de Castris Five Roses 2014





The first rosé bottled in Italy (1943).
90 percent Negroamaro, completed by Malvasia Nera of Lecce, for a focused and bright cherry red.

Very rich nose, especially fruit. Aromas of red berries - currant and raspberry, strawberry and blueberry - mixed with citrus, pomegranate and cherry, while emerges the measured elegance of the rose hips.

The taste is dry, warm and muscular. There are, not quite, not all, the fruity tones - strawberry and cherry dominating - and check a pleasant minerality, with tannins that turn out quite slender. The draft, however, does not reflect the "femininity" offered by the nose. Level going down slowly, because of the influential structure, that undermines and distorts a little bit the balance.
It closes hot and tangy, on pink grapefruit and cherry returns.

Questionable how much you want, but personally, from these wines, I expect lightweight, drink flowing, even brazen, and eye-catching sinuous.

Friday 14 August 2015

Les Vignerons du Castellas Rosé 2014




It comes from a cooperative of growers, active since 90 years, close to the Bouches du Rhone. This rosé d'assemblage is mainly composed by Cinsault, Grenache and Carignan, with minimum percentages of Syrah and Mourvèdre.

A pale salmon, for a scent, very delicate, made by remarks flowers - rose and peach blossom - and net aromas of red fruit, among which cherry and strawberry, raspberry and blackcurrant, with a slight minerality sensation.

The taste is fresh, but more uncertain and blurred, with floral expressions more perceptible than fruity, which come in no particular order, less clear and sometimes indistinct.

An honest rosé by high fluency of drink, sometimes vehement, in these hot and sunny days.


Friday 7 August 2015

Chateau Le Bastidon Côtes de Provence Rosé Séduction 2014




The vineyards of this beautiful company are right in front of the island of Porquerolles, so the grapes breathe sea in the round. The Seduction is an assembly, in undeclared percentages, of 5 varietals: Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Rolle.

It has a precise and extensive aromatic character, with so much fruit in evidence - currant and raspberry, blackberry and strawberry - a floral caress - orange blossom, rose and violet - and a distinct aroma of the sea.

The same aromatic amplitude is felt even on the palate, enriched by dense brackish connotation, recalling oysters, loudly. Sip very rearing, ever pimp, balanced acidity and good length, with final of fruit, spices and salt.

Yes, he seduced me. Even with the price, 7 euros.