2016 Château d'Esclans Côtes de Provence Whispering Angel Rosé
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Light bright pink. Aromas of fresh red fruit, orange zest and pungent flowers, along with a hint of white pepper. Dry and focused on the palate, offering refreshingly bitter blood orange and red currant flavors that unfold slowly on the back half. Closes taut and dry, showing good focus and red-berry-tinged persistence.
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James Suckling
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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This is a very perfumed rose with lilacs, roses and strawberries. Some peach. Medium body with a very tight tension palate of fruit and acidity. It's bright and lively. Always refreshing and energetic. Dry and delicious. Drink now.
Extremely pale salmon pink. Smells very fresh and very much like a crisp young white. Very fresh with markedly high acidity. I just don't think I would guess this were a pink wine if I were blindfold, but it has a nice smooth, luxurious texture. Overpriced but hugely popular and brilliantly marketed. (JR)
Very light nose. Not much to the palate either. This seems to have lost the personality I remember from previous vintages. Perfectly decent, with spot-on balance, but not especially complex or distinguished in flavour profile. (RH)