Yes! A rose (can't find my accents) . A pink wine. A neither here nor there wine. There is a wine shop owner who won't passively accept my anti Rosee gestures (crossed fingers, garlic, rotating 3 times tossing salt over my shoulder). She knows why I dislike rose. Neither of us are shy about our opinions and views. She has been on the money with all of her recommendations for the past few years. She said I would like this one.
Notice the bottle. It is empty. No, I did not pour it down the sink.
The first night it was reminiscent of what I don't like about roses: neither here nor there. It was okay. It went well with the salad I ate that evening: more romaine, vidalia, gherkin and blue cheese dressing.
The second night it was deeper, richer and fuller tasting. It was still pink but it drank more like a light red only chewier. I really liked it the second night. If I were ever having this again, I would start drinking it from the second night onward.
You heard me: 1999. I had 3 bottles from a move a long time ago. I drank 1 a couple of years ago it wasn't bad. It was fuller, richer tasting than I thought it would be.
I wasn't so lucky this year.
My first clue that I was too late was the orange wine inside the glass. It wasn't just a deep gold. It was ORANGE. I should have taken a picture of the glass of wine. No worries. I have that one other bottle. I may save that for a demo. I will take that picture. I have never seen orange wine.
It had a vinegary tartness in the nose and yes, on the tongue. I did take a sip just to test, which I promptly spit out. Definitely gone. Gone! This is one reason I am using this summer to clear out the accumulated white wines from who knows when and where. That and the consistent heat.
It's red. It's Bordeaux. I couldn't take anymore whites at the time. I knew this was on the rich, robust side but I needed something different from what I was drinking through this summer. I did not even chill it.
It tasted like it should have been more expensive than it was. It had plummy richness. It hit the spot. I have to remember to get some more.
I don't usually acquire too many of any 1 kind anymore because there are too many wonderful new tastes and types of wines coming around the corner but there are just some that act as not so old favorites; the known entities. This is one of them.
