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Rose Review: Fuego

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Hey-o! I hinted at it on my Instagram, and yes it is true- the Rose Review series is returning this summer! I have been super excited to relaunch this series ever since trying this wine. Sometimes I try something and I just want to share it! The rose reviews from 2018/2019 were such a fun undertaking because it was something that my sister and I did together on girl’s nights while I was going through a tough time in my life. We would sit down and try a new rose every few weeks and talk about them, and it’s something we still do periodically now. Light and crisp, a dry rose with fruity flavors like berries, the Fuego rose is so good it’d be easy to drink the whole damn bottle. It honestly tastes way above its price point, which is about $10 at Costco! This is a total stockup…

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Rose Review – Sterling Vintners

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Hello! New Year New You is now upon us, and what better time to do some “research” in the form of testing out a new rosè, right? I thought my rose reviews would end at the end of my series, but you can’t keep me away. Sterling is a Californian winery that makes one of my most-loved cabernet sauvignon bottles, so when I saw the mini version of the rose on offer at Wine and Beyond, I knew I had to try it. And so, when my sister and I were decorating her house for the holidays, we decided to test it out together. When you pour the wine, you’ll note that the color is a really pretty, bright pink. In terms of tasting notes, it is nice and light and crisp- there’s a nice minerality to balance a slight fruitiness. My sister and I both dislike a sickly sweet…

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Rose Review: Chronic Cellars Pink Pedals

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Hey guys! I don’t know if you can believe it, but this is the last rose review from this summer! The temperatures have really been dipping here in Edmonton so I’m tending to reach for gorgeous, cozy reds rather than a fresh, refreshing rose. But I really wanted to share this last bottle with you because despite being the first rose my sister picked up to share in this series, it was the last one we enjoyed and man was it ever a nice surprise! At this point you’ve heard me drone on about my likes and dislikes in roses ad nauseum, and you know what I like- crisp, not too sweet, bright acidity. Hailing out of Paso Robles, California, this grenache and syrah blend hits all of the markers that I look for, plus a fast finish. Upon seeing the descriptions available online, I was pleasantly surprised to personally find…

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Rose Review: Jackson Triggs Rose

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Hey guys, and welcome back to another post in my rose review series! I’m really excited about this one because Jackson Triggs is an extremely accessible wine brand here in Canada, and is Canadian! Also, the Proprietor’s Reserve Rose is a super affordable bottle of rose and I’m so excited to say that I really, really liked this bottle and was so impressed for the price. So, this rose is about as sweet as I like to go on wine (medium), but it had some acidity to it that kept it from being too cloyingly sweet in my mind. It was easy drinking, not so complex that you can’t have a snack of any type with it (I may or may not have had olives, sausage and cheddar while drinking this and found it to be a just fine accompaniment). I found it to have very berry-based fruit notes and…

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Rose Review: Cote des Roses Rose

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Hello and welcome back to another rose review!!! Today’s post is about the Cote des Roses rose! This wine is from Languedoc in the south of France and features what is quite possibly the most beautiful bottle I have ever seen. While researching this wine I found out that this bottle was designed by a student at Ecole Boulle. While it may seem like a silly name for a rose, Cote des Roses is actually an area near Gruissan in the south of France, not a play on words at all. Gerard Bertrand offers 3 Cote des Roses wines, a red, white and the rose I got the opportunity to taste. Now for the goods. My sister and I shared this on a hot day earlier this summer and man, it is refreshing. Crisp, with bold fruitiness you’d expect the finish to be cloyingly sweet but it isn’t! It is…

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Rose Review: Apothic

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Hey guys! I’m back with another Rose Review, this time about Apothic’s rose offering. Let me start out with telling you what I enjoy in a rose- crisp flavors, a clean, fast finish and fruit balanced with mineral flavors. I like citrus far more than berry flavors, and try to stay away from anything too sweet.  With that said… this is the rose I’ve enjoyed the least thus far while doing this series, but for the reasons that may make it an absolute winner to other people! Let me explain. Apothic’s rose has really strong, bright strawberry and a bit of raspberry flavor on the finish. I think it has some watermelon to it, but I could be reaching. It’s quite sweet, making it a great wine to share with someone who enjoys zinfandels or similarly sweet wines the best. It does have some brightness with what I’d class as a…

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