Mustache Vineyards Zin Rosé (6)

[Cesare]

Mustache Vineyards Zin Rosé 6-Pack
Sold by: AH Wines (H-G Vineyards)
$59.99 $126.00 52% off List Price
2014 Mustache Vineyards Zin Rosé, Lodi

[cooperph]

[GRAPE]
My first ever Grape Debater experience! Very happy to try (for the first time) a Zinfandel Rose. I’m a big fan of rose in general, being a sucker for relatively simple fruity quaffing wines.
Right off the bat, the color was interesting, to me more of a very dark orange than anything else. A very mild floral bouquet. The first sip jumped out at me with strawberry, but then the subsequent sips left a stronger and stronger impression of a dry Madeira!
With every sip there was solid acidity, very pleasant paired with spicy grilled chicken.
I saved some in the fridge with the vacuvin, but the next day all those interesting Madeira-like notes had gone. So drink up!
I was very curious to see what the price would be, and having previously decided that if it were $15 or less per bottle I would be in, I’m now in for one.

[cortot20]

@cooperph

My first ever Grape Debater experience! Very happy to try (for the first time) a Zinfandel Rose. I’m a big fan of rose in general, being a sucker for relatively simple fruity quaffing wines.
Right off the bat, the color was interesting, to me more of a very dark orange than anything else. A very mild floral bouquet. The first sip jumped out at me with strawberry, but then the subsequent sips left a stronger and stronger impression of a dry Madeira!
With every sip there was solid acidity, very pleasant paired with spicy grilled chicken.
I saved some in the fridge with the vacuvin, but the next day all those interesting Madeira-like notes had gone. So drink up!
I was very curious to see what the price would be, and having previously decided that if it were $15 or less per bottle I would be in, I’m now in for one.

Thanks for the notes, the last thing I think of when drinking rose is Madeira, an interesting comparison.

[cooperph]

@cortot20

Thanks for the notes, the last thing I think of when drinking rose is Madeira, an interesting comparison.

Yes I hesitated to say that. No doubt a more experienced taster would have described it quite differently, picking out individual flavors which combined together to give me that impression. But it was a consistent one.

[losthighwayz]

@cooperph

Yes I hesitated to say that. No doubt a more experienced taster would have described it quite differently, picking out individual flavors which combined together to give me that impression. But it was a consistent one.

Thanks as we’ll for the notes. I am not very familiar with Madeira. It I recall drinking 2005 MacLean roses offered here a few years back that had a pleasant aged taste profile I really enjoyed. Can’t quite describe it but a trace of caramel or the like maybe.

Any thoughts on RS?

[tytiger58]

@cooperph

Yes I hesitated to say that. No doubt a more experienced taster would have described it quite differently, picking out individual flavors which combined together to give me that impression. But it was a consistent one.

If it tastes like Madeira it could be oxidized?

[cooperph]

Definitely caramel notes in there. And if oxidation had occurred to my bottle then it was serendipitous.
As soon as my order arrives I will eagerly crack open a bottle of those to see if it’s the same!
For me this was a no-brainer. Especially given the extremely generous profit-sharing with charitable causes to which the winery, or their partner Social Impact Wines anyway, has committed. In the usual scheme of things this runs at 1,2 or perhaps 5%, 10 at the very most. 50% is pretty much unheard of!

[asfsfasf]

@tytiger58

If it tastes like Madeira it could be oxidized?

Could be everyone gets something different on the palette

[rjquillin]

@asfsfasf

Could be everyone gets something different on the palette

palate, unless you are painting.

[cortot20]

@rjquillin

palate, unless you are painting.

Or stacking stuff!

[rjquillin]

@cortot20

Or stacking stuff!

and that would be a pallet.

[asfsfasf]

@rjquillin

palate, unless you are painting.

lol !

[cortot20]

@rjquillin

and that would be a pallet.

What about platelets?

[rjquillin]

@cortot20

What about platelets?

Just a bloody mess, imo.

[kaolis]

@rjquillin

Just a bloody mess, imo.

Don’t bring the British into this.

[kylemittskus]

@kaolis

Don’t bring the British into this.

I think he meant pilates.

[cortot20]

@kylemittskus

I think he meant pilates.

shiver me timber!