Vinavanti is an urban winery in San Diego whose Black Label wines emphasize a natural winemaking approach. Knowing my interest in Mourvèdre-based wines, Eric Van Drunen was kind enough to provide two bottles as samples for review. Both the 2011 Mourvèdre and Clara Rosé, sourced from nearby Temecula Valley, are hand-picked, native-fermentation, unfined/unfiltered, no sulfite wines. [...]
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April 15th, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Mourvèdre, Rose, Temecula Valley | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes | 
Leave a comment.With spring just around the corner, my pick for this Mourvèdre Monday is a lovely little Bandol rosé. Bandol, located within Provence, is France’s only wine region where Mourvèdre is the dominant grape. In other words, heaven. I couldn’t find the exact varietal composition of this bottle, but the Bandol AOC regulations require at least 50% [...] March 11th, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Bandol, Mourvèdre, Mourvèdre Monday, Rose, Wines for Spring, Wines for Summer | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.A recent post over at Benito’s Wine Reviews got me thinking about rosé. I need a reminder every once in a while. Almost every time I drink one, I think, “Why don’t I drink this more often?” Then I go back to my reds and whites. So, as I was contemplating what to pull from [...] March 1st, 2010 | Tags: 2007, Garnacha, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Rose, Spain, Yecla | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
6 comments. Add yours.Most people, myself included, think of white wines almost exclusively when they think of Germany. But they do make wine from red grapes – in particular Pinot Noir, known there as Spätburgunder. In fact, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine (3rd edition, 2006), Spätburgunder is Germany’s third most planted variety and totals over half of [...] November 27th, 2009 | Tags: 2007, Germany, Pinot Noir, Rheingau, Rose, Spatburgunder | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
4 comments. Add yours.After recently enjoying a rosé, the Bonny Doon Vin Gris de Cigare 2007, and asking myself why I don’t drink pink more often, I picked up another — this time from France. Producer: Chateau Routas Grapes: 40% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 30% Cinsault Appellation: Coteaux Varois en Provence (AOC, France). Vinification/Aging: [from the producer's website] The grapes [...] August 4th, 2009 | Tags: 2007, Cinsault, Coteaux Varois, France, Grenache, Rose, Syrah | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.Maybe because I had just posted about the Bonny Doon Mourvedre, I picked up this bottle on a recent replenish-the-stock-of-everyday-wine trip to the wine shop. I don’t drink much of the pink stuff, generally. It has a top-of-mind awareness problem with me. I just don’t think about it very often. When I go to the [...] July 26th, 2009 | Tags: 2007, California, Cinsault, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Rose, Roussanne, Syrah | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
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