What are the "great" roses you've had?

[Blake_Brown]

@Blake Brown

@Mark Gough

Have zipped through this thread hence apologies if this has already been mentioned but, whilst hardly buying roses, one I’ve bought consistently, and enjoyed as summer drinking, over the last 4 years has been Domaine des Lambrays Rose du Clos - young Grand Cru vine fruit I believe.

Not sure if you guys get in the US but pretty delicious, strawberry and peppery fruit. Not mega bucks compared to the Clos des Lambrays GC escalating price. Appeals I admit to my Morey St Denis bias but hey ! On a completely different note one of our UK supermarkets does a pretty good Rose from Fronton under its own brand premier label.

Thanks Mark. Im a big fan of the GC, but was not aware of the rose. Your description certainly fits my desired profile for this type of wine. Im on the hunt.

I just went on Wine Searcher and a general search to no avail in the US. Anyone have a source here?

[Tom_Reddick]

@Scott Fitzgerald

2015 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brancato Toscana IGT

Agreed 100%. Love this wine in every vintage I can get my hands on. It disappears fast here in Dallas.

[Eric_Egan]

Sounds like I’m preaching to the choir but IMO Lopez de Heredia, Musar, and Tempier roses are equally good to the red/white equivalent level wines from those producers.

I definitely think they’re worth the money and, with sufficient age, they can definitely be very special wines.

[Blake_Brown]

@Eric Egan

Sounds like I’m preaching to the choir but IMO Lopez de Heredia, Musar, and Tempier roses are equally good to the red/white equivalent level wines from those producers.

I definitely think they’re worth the money and, with sufficient age, they can definitely be very special wines.

Definitely agree on the first and the third not having had the Musar.

[Mont_Stern]

Nobody has mentioned Domaines Ott Chateau se Selle from Provence or Chateau de Pibarnon from Bandol which are my 2 favorite non Champagne roses.

[mmarcellus]

I haven’t seen Domaine les Fouques (Provence) mentioned. Their roses are outstanding. I believe they are only available in the US from CSW, and they go fast. Better than Baudry, and I love Baudry.

[Curtis_Chen]

I’ve had Commanderie de Peyrassol a number of times. Never been much of a fan.

I favor Tercero roses.

[Dav_d_Parta_n]

Can’t say I’ve ever had a great one. Had many, many that I really like though, we drink lots of rosé here, it’s hot in AZ. Drinking the Commanderie de la Bargemone 2016 Rosé now. Nice, enjoyable, delicious, makes me happy, not great.

DRC Richebourg-great
Haut Brion-great
Cheval Blanc-great

[Randall_B]

@Vince T

@Chris Tyler

Hey Vince - here’s my take on the roses I have loved the most that seem to have an extra gear when it comes to complexity and deliciousness.

Clos Cibonne Tibouren Côtes de Provence Rosé Cuvée Spéciale des Vignettes - only if you like oxidative wines
Domaine François Cotat (Paul & François) Sancerre Chavignol Rosé
Domaine Comte Abbatucci Faustine Rosé Vieilles Vignes
Domaine de Marquiliani Corse Rosé - almost a white wine in color, amazing crystalline texture
Domaine Dupasquier Vin de Savoie Rosé - yeah, this was a “stop me in my tracks” wine as well


The list below are favorites that are many a little less complex but still bring me a lot of joy
Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Rosé
Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Rubentis
Château de Peyrassol Côtes de Provence Commanderie de Peyrassol
Denis Jamain Pinot Gris Reuilly

Thanks for the Cibonne rec. I love oxidative wines and it seems our palates are quite aligned… the Baudry, Ametzoi and Peyrassol are probably my top 3 go-to daily rosés.

Not unlike the Cibonne–even though no oxidative character–I love the Domaine de Monmollin Oeil de Perdrix from Switzerland. Focused, deep, but totally transparent. Feels like you’re drinking a well-kept rose secret.

NB: I work at a shop that sells this wine.

[Jonathan_Essner]

Antica Terra Angellicall. $100/bottle. No joke. Someone else did the buying. Very interesting pinot-based rose.

[Andrew_Kotowski]

My votes are for the two below. Managed to pick up six of each over the last couple of days; guessing nobody else is buying when it’s 40 degrees outside.

[Otto_Forsberg]

Although Provence (and especially Bandol) seems to be The Place for rosé wines, I’ve yet to taste a really stunning Provencal rosé. Some very good wines, but nothing I’d pick over local red wines.

However I must agree with some previous comments on Valentini - their Cerasuolo can be sublime when it gets +10 years old and it’s definitely a wine I’d pick over their reds or whites.

The same goes for Massa Vecchia Rosato 2006 and Olivier Horiot Rosé des Riceys En Barmont - Horiot’s 2003 rosé might be the best dry, non-bubbly rosé I’ve ever tasted and a wine I’d pick over many a white or red wine.

Also Dominio del Aguila’s barrel-aged Picaro del Aguila is a rosé wine in a class of its own - funky, subtly oaky, very powerful and remarkably structured with good acidity and sense of stony minerality. However, it’s not your run-of-the-mill rosé, but instead a Spanish “clarete” aka. a co-fermented blend of mainly white varieties with some red varieties to give it medium-deep pink hue.

If some residual sugar is allowed, Bablut’s Moelleux Cabernet d’Anjous are simply stunning how they can withstand decades of aging without falling apart. I’ve had their 1974, which was fully alive, and the oldest ones on the market are already +50 years old.

And while Chateau Musar is one of my favorite wineries in the world, I’m not fully convinced of their rosé: I’ve had it three times, two of which it was almost undrinkable. Most likely lightstruck, based on its skunky and woolly aromas. However, I must admit that the one time the wine was sound, it was pretty impressive for a rosé, although not at the level of these aforementioned wines.

[Rob_S1]

@Martin Steinley

Chateau Simone Palette Rosé is an intense, complex, age-worthy rose aged in barrel, on par with the chateau’s very good red and white Palette cuvees. The blend is similar to the red: 45% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault, 20% Syrah, Castet, Manosquin, Carignan and Muscat Noir.

I"m surprised no one else has mentioned this. All Simone wines are unique and wonderful in their own way but the Rose is world class (even if I like the white better).

[Al_Osterheld]

I love the Chateau Simone Rose. But, I expect it is mainly bought by people who already love it because it’s even pricier than Tempier (at least in my area).

-Al

[Warren_Taranow]

This was spectacular today (2008 Tondonia Gran Reserva)

[Billy_Norris]

Got a half case of the 2016 Jean-Luc Jamet Rose of Syrah from Envoyer, and was knocked out by the first and only one I’ve popped so far. Not “spectacular”, per se, but really really really f’in good.

[Todd_Tucker]

For me:

Clos Cibonne tradition
Meyer Nakel Spatburgunder Rose

[m_ristev]

a new one for me that brings to mind a lot of the qualities i admire in the valentini is the sumoll based rose from els jelipins in catalunya.

[Bdklein]

Elizabeth Spencer (winery based in Rutherford, Napa Valley, Califronia) makes a Rose of Pinot Noir that year in, year out is my wife’s and our friends favorite Rose (my favorite, too).

I’m 2017 I didn’t buy any (for the first time in at least 5 years) and I got crap all summer from my wife and our friends.

Tried a bunch of other roses and nothing came close .

Didn’t make that same mistake this year .

[S_teve_R_edenbaugh]

My favorite still roses are Arnot-Roberts Rose of Torriga National, Morgan’s Bedrock Ode to Lulu, Littoral Vin Gris, County Line (Radio-Coteau’s Rose of Pinot Noir.) Top of the list the past two years has been L’Aventure’s Rose of Mourvedre which retails around $30. Getting tired of the same old stuff from southern France, particularly the horrid 2017s. Only old-world Roses I’m enjoying this year are Corsican and Basque…the salinity of the Corsican and the tooth-cleansing acidity of the Basque make them lovely food partners.