Pinot Noir - Riesling.

Once upon a time, pink wines this sweet and sickly were made only in the Loire appellation of Val de Sweet Bollox de Loire.

Now, they're bleedin everywhere and they're expensive to boot. Macon gamay, Chilean pinot and now this odd blend of pinot and riesling from NZ.

My advice, if offered a glass as I was tonight, pour some out and drown the rest in sparkling water. It dries out the wine and makes it taste like rose Sancerre*

G~ *Vivid imagination required

Sounds dreadful.

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A rosé wine that would cause some European producers - and some consumers - to have a fit of the vapours. Not only have those upstart Kiwis made a still rosé wine by blending red and whte wines together (totally illegal for quality wines in Europe) but they'd done it with two of the noblest grapes, that normally are unsullied by blending: Riesling and Pinot Noir. In fact this fresh, breezy and unusual pink is delicious. the soft, summery red berry fruit of the Pinot set against the herbal and citrus notes of the Riesling, to give complex aromatics and a crisp, focused palate with lime freshness and that sweeter berry and earthy quality sneaking in. It is off-dry, but finishes with excellent balance.

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Them pesky kiwi's....

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A rosé wine that would cause some European producers - and some consumers - to have a fit of the vapours. Not only have those upstart Kiwis made a still rosé wine by blending red and whte wines together (totally illegal for quality wines in Europe) but they'd done it with two of the noblest grapes, that normally are unsullied by blending: Riesling and Pinot Noir. In fact this fresh, breezy and unusual pink is delicious. the soft, summery red berry fruit of the Pinot set against the herbal and citrus notes of the Riesling, to give complex aromatics and a crisp, focused palate with lime freshness and that sweeter berry and earthy quality sneaking in. It is off-dry, but finishes with excellent balance.

What a load of garbage.

I'll bet whoever wrote that twee drivel didn't even drink it. Riesling is famed for it's citrus and pinot for it's earthy flavours so they just lazily assume both to feature in the wine even though....back on Earth.....all people who actually drink the wine get is the sugary pap squeezed from the leftovers of an Anjou rose wine in the bag job.

Sweet commercial rose with neither a splash of citrus nor the vaguest hint of lovely earthyness

What a load of garbage.

I'll bet whoever wrote that twee drivel didn't even drink it.

Tom Cannavan -on video !!

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So he does....and here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG9WcFwREGQ

I think he's been taken in by the label. If he had drunk this blind he'd have guessed cheap, sweet Loire.

Good grief !