Wait what!?…. Drink the Sun?

That sounds dangerous…. foolhardy even. I can’t even handle one of those ghost chilli thingo’s let alone a molten star.

It refers to the taste of summer in a glass. That satisfying feeling that washes over you when fresh from the surf, you stand on the beach in your bikini staring at the vanquished open and neck a glass of Aldinga’s finest rosé double-time…. Some spills from the side of your mouth and runs down your tanned body creating small rivulets on your salt-caked skin.

OK.

Maybe we’ve gone a bit Mills & Boone there.

We’ve modelled this year’s wine upon the delicious and rightly famous rose wines of Provence in Southern France. Think Mediterranean breezes and strolling through lavender fields. Take me away to Marseille.

At it’s core, Mataro. A grape that does particulrly well in both the South of France and McLaren Vale. New World/Old World, New School/Old School. Doesn’t matter none. It’s just delicious drinking.

It’s a sprightly little minx. Pale in the glass with an array of enticing aromas that just make you want to down a glass immediately. Aromas of raspberry, red apple, redcurrant and a splash of cranberry bounce out of the glass followed by wafts of strawberry tart, soft spice and red-berry pastilles.

It cuts a vivid line across the palate. All flavours a mixed summer berry fruits and ample cranberry and appely crunch. There is a pretty rad, savoury flow to this year’s model as it sashays around the mouth. Flavours of raspberry flan, nougat and marzipan come into the mix as the wine waltzes towards the exit light with an airy grace and some slick, sapid acidity keeping things tidy and the cadence on track.

Phewee….. What would we drink with this one? Victory that’s what. Any of life’s victories. Whether you’re homeschoolin the kids, hitting that KPI target at work a week early or just drinking rose when you should be on a Zoom meeting, victories are a very personal thing. We’re not here to judge; just provide the beverages and you’ll always be a winner to us.

You know what to do people….. Smells Like Quarantine Spirit.