WTN: Rosé among the ruins

[David M. Bueker]

2010 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Rosé
We're in the midst of some home construction. It's mostly exterior, but also some light interior work. Cats are stressed, dust is getting everywhere, and until yesterday I could not always get to the grill for all the equipment stacked in the garage.

So it was burgers on a beautiful late summer evening, and a bottle of Baudry for an accompaniment. I prefer my dry Rosé is less steamy weather (extremely hot weather accentuates the alcohol for me), so it was a perfect night for a light pink wine with accents of strawberry, cheery and peach skin. The acids are bright and focused, so it is almost unsafely refreshing. Nice way to close a Monday.

'unsafely refreshing' - yup, fair point given how quickly a bottle of that can disappear. Had another bottle this weekend. That is such an awesome wine.

yes, excellent wine, good note, thanks

haven't had the bernard baudry - sounds wonderful. didn't much care for the baudry-dutour which i had bought last year. my fav, i guess, is the Pluzeau; followed immediatly by the charles pain and the ch. ligre - both of which i purchased on site. there is excellant rose winemaking going on in Loire now; and i much prefer the fresher, cleaner, lower alcohol style to those of the south.

what a marvelous phrase "unsafely refreshing"..