Famille Perrin Arc Du Soleil Camargue Asda £9.48 is a supermarket Rosé that is a cut above the ordinary.Your excellent Quinta da Pedra has three marks on the label which represents the three stones that mark the boundaries of their vineyards.Pedra is Stone in Portuguese.
Makes me think back to the first time I went to Vinisud when it was still around in 2013 and walking into the Provence area, it was like someone had nuked the set of Barbie. So much pink...
Interesting article but you've missed the very worst thing about the tyranny of pale rosés.... the use of carbon (activated charcoal) to remove colour. Unfortunately, it removes aroma and flavour too which is another reason why pale rosés can taste so insipid. Œnologists are enthusiastic about using carbon because they know that colour is often the primary assessor of rosé quality.
Love this! Reminds me of the Lambeth Walk Fizz cocktail recipe I adapted from James Beard winning bar Maison Premiere for easy home mixing!
It’s a decadent ode to New Orleans culture, giving the creamy Ramos Gin Fizz a tropical, Willy Wonka-esque spin.
check it out:
https://thesecretingredient.substack.com/p/get-james-beard-winner-maison-premieres
I'm not generally a rose fan, a bit neither fish nor fowl but I have also had that Rosado (the Wine Society had it) and I like a darker rose.
Famille Perrin Arc Du Soleil Camargue Asda £9.48 is a supermarket Rosé that is a cut above the ordinary.Your excellent Quinta da Pedra has three marks on the label which represents the three stones that mark the boundaries of their vineyards.Pedra is Stone in Portuguese.
I'll have to check it out. Funnily enough I was just reading about Camargue pinks in Jancis Robinson's Confessions of a Wine Lover.
Makes me think back to the first time I went to Vinisud when it was still around in 2013 and walking into the Provence area, it was like someone had nuked the set of Barbie. So much pink...
Barbieheimer!
And there it is
An entertaining read, thanks Henry. Am enjoying the podcasts, though am a tad “behind”…
Wasn’t Mateus Rosé one of Jimi Hendrix’s fave tipples? 🤔
And thanks for the nudge on the Keith Floyd progs. Occasionally catch up on those 👍
We’re just back from the Costas for a week. First time Galacian Albariño has come onto our radar. A very nice drop indeed 😃
Keep up the excellent work!
Interesting article but you've missed the very worst thing about the tyranny of pale rosés.... the use of carbon (activated charcoal) to remove colour. Unfortunately, it removes aroma and flavour too which is another reason why pale rosés can taste so insipid. Œnologists are enthusiastic about using carbon because they know that colour is often the primary assessor of rosé quality.
Very interesting. Thank you!