Thread: [TN] '08 Bone Jolly Rosé

On Apr 6, 11:31*pm, Mark Lipton <not...@eudrup.ude> wrote:
> I came home tonight to an opened bottle of the '08 ESJ Bone Jolly Gamay
> Noir Rosé Witters Vineyard. *It's a fairly intense salmon in color, less
> the lurid pink of last year's edition. *Yummy, fresh strawberries in the
> nose, no sense of heat (despite a reported 13.7% ABV) and a lightweight,
> crisp mouthful. *It was chilled but not ice cold, which I think suited
> the wine well. *It inspired dreams of paella Valenciana and warm summer
> nights. *(One will be easier to come by than the other in the near
> term.) *There's lots of joy in this screwcapped bottle.
>
> Mark Lipton
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easily my favorite domestic rose, year after year. And you've got a
case, whoo hoo!