Imported by Vinimundi. Distributed locally by Craft Wine & Spirits.
Marietta Cellars OVR Old Vine Rosé 2023
Marietta Cellars brings us the Old Vine Red, one of California’s best value red wines, year after year. The OVR rosé may have more competition, but it delivers refreshing cherry and berry flavors with a hint of sage. The blend is syrah, grenache noir and grenache gris. ABV: 13.5 percent. BW: 480 grams (Light).
Distributed locally by RNDC.
Côteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, France, $20
Textbook Provence rosé — watermelon, cantaloupe and wild herbs parade across your palate for a refreshing summer quaff. The blend is grenache, cinsault and rolle (vermentino). The bottle is unnecessarily heavy. Certified B Corp; organic. ABV: 13 percent. BW: 680 grams (Heavy).
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★ Good: The wine delivers what it promises at a fair price. If it says chardonnay, it tastes like chardonnay.
★★ Excellent: A wine with character and added interest. May elevate your eyebrows at the first sip.
★★★ Extraordinary: An exciting wine that stands out from others in its class. Fist-pumping, table-thumping good.
★★★★ Sublime: Otherworldly. May have you thinking, “So this is what they were talking about.”
