Domaine Houchart Rose 2008 Round 1 Wine 2

Minerality. - Is something that I couldn't really put my hand on, and a lot of time I call bullshit on people calling such and such wine having Minerality. Like the day I was at a NZ tasting and the guy was tasting a wine and nodding how good it was with great minerality, I was excited because I have been and am still trying to nail down minerality. Well to me it didn't have any minerality. This wine does. And A Ton of It.

The Stats:

Domaine Houchart
Rose 2008
Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah
13% Alc
Cotes De Provence
Weird Shaped Bottle, not the same label when googled on the Internet

The Eye:

The Colour is very Watermelon Juice very with maybe a drop of red to make it a little more red? Also can be described as watered down cranberry juice with a hint of pink

The Nose:

Day 1: Has the smell of Watemelon but the White Part, not the fruit or the green skin, Cranberry and a "Watery" Smell which I can deduce as minerality.
Day 2: Almost the same but a lot more open, not as closed

The Mouth:

Day 1: Now this is Minerality, it taste like a bunch of rock and Chalk in my mouth and its very interesting to say the least. Red fruit, Good Acidity

Day 2: Now this wine has opened up (half of bottle recorked in my wine fridge) opened it and there was some pressure build up over night. Minerality is still present but toned down a bit definitly chalky. A Crab Apple meets Cherry aspect going on I guess its the sweetness that gives that cherry'ness but it definitly is tart. And a nice little touch of bitterness which is nice gives it a nice balance

Overall/Reflection:

A Much better showing for a Rose then the first, The smelling like water is really interesting and cool at the same time. Good effort I like it when it finally opened up on day 2

Score: 88 A Very good wine, solid nothing bad to say about

THE 100-POINT RATING SCALE (Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate describes this in more detail.)

• Extraordinary (96-100 points)
• Outstanding (90-95)
• Very Good to Excellent (85-89)
• Good (80-84)
• Average (75-79)
• Below average (70-74)
• Avoid (50-70)

La Vieille Ferme Round 1 Wine 1

The First Wine, and Well it isn't a winner, tho i did start with the cheapest /shrug

The Stats:

La Vieille Ferme

Recolte 2007 (Rose)

50% Cinsault, 40% Granache, 10% Syrah

13% Alc

Cotes Du Ventoux

The Eye:

The Colour reminds me of Pink Cotton Candy, the Colour is definitely Pink, almost on the Fake Side

The Nose:

Nothing to report here really, tho when glass was empty and I left it out overnight it did smell sweet and syrupy hah

The Mouth:

It has a lot of good acidity, with pairing it went "well" with Greek Salad and Elk Sausage, but the wine didn't change for the better or worse. The wine really has nothing to do. It is non-offensive, meaning if you hated strawberry's or liked strawberry well you ain't getting any of that in here.

Overall/Reflection:

Would not buy this again. I am going to make a prediction and say this wine comes in 3rd place for the round and I've just started hah

Score: 75 A average non-offenive wine

THE 100-POINT RATING SCALE (Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate describes this in more detail.)

• Extraordinary (96-100 points)
• Outstanding (90-95)
• Very Good to Excellent (85-89)
• Good (80-84)
• Average (75-79)
• Below average (70-74)
• Avoid (50-70)

Its Salmon, NOT PINK! Round 1

I am going to start around of 3 roses as often as I Can, aka Depending how much I drink. I would like to do atleast 4 rounds by the end of summer, ranking them based on the 3 I had, Then Maybe at the end of the Summer get the winners of each one and do a Rose night with some friends and see who really wins!

So I am a Fan of Rose, I enjoy whites wines, they both have the quality of a refreshing summer sipper, Like a Beer. I just can't drink beer like wine, once in awhile and it has to be really good beer hah.

So this Round, Number 1!

La Vielle Ferme 2007 - Cotes du Ventoux [Bought at the BCLD 39&Cambie $13.99 CND]
Domaine Houchart 2008 - Provence [Bought at the BCLD 39&Cambie $16.96 CND]
Chateau De La Galiniere - Provence [Bought at the BCLD 39&Cambie $18.99 CND]