The joy of this bottle.
2015 VieVite Rosé Côtes de Provence
It was not expected that random Wednesday afternoon and provided a needed spark in the midst of my week. I’d forgotten a publicist had promised me a bottle. Which is a back-handed way of me saying that yah I got this wine for free. But my opinions are my own and blah blah blah etc.
Beyond the thrill of random free food…Look at the shape of this guy. What a bottle.
And finally (before opening) the joy of saying “oh yes well, this is a Provençal vin from grapes grown in Domaine Sainte Marie which is near Saint Tropez.” Sounds so chic. Oooh lala indeed.
This wine is as close as I am getting this summer to the Riviera.
So let me not waste any time and get into cracking open this delight.
The grapes: 30% Cinsault, 30% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Carignan
The color: Medium peachy pink, the color of…oh crud i do not have a good metaphor for it.
The nose: Lightly lemon, sweet grapefruit and perhaps mango and mace.
The Palate: Oh hell let us get colon happy and break palate down further:
Sweet: NO
Acidity: Low plus? It exists but dissipates in two blinks.
Body: Not a mesomorph, not an ectomorph. Perhaps a person who is of lighter weight but has no muscle tone so has some curve. Which is to say medium bodied with a certain silkiness and bite.
Flavor: There is pineapple and peach and red cherry. There is white pepper. There is what you would get if you took generic clover honey and took away the sweetness–a pleasant grass to it. A hint of a flower. Maybe honey blossom to go back to the not-sweet-honey comparison. There is some minerality the nose does not belie, but I am glad is there on the tongue.
Finish: medium short. There is a burn that is pleasant in this 13% abv darling.
Not a WSET category but I am adding it–Spritz Factor: There is a hint of spritz to this like–are those bubbles or just pleasant minerality? I am guessing it is the delicious white quartz soil of the Domaine Saint Marie at work.
Cheers, my sweets.
Scrumptious Gruel 
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