The day-glo pink is the first asterisk, but it’s a muddled pink, burnished with salmon and onion-skin to a point where I am not terribly critical. No idea of the variety, but I suppose it *could* be grenache, and knowing this producer–and his recent marketing proclivities–who knows. Fat and round in the nose and taste: sweet and rotund while still managing a particular beauty despite the concentration. I try not to be too hard on rose’–kind of like bubbly–I mean… there are horrible examples and glorious examples and in between a huge middle-ground of pleasing stuff it’s difficult to be ridiculously *hard* on. But this is a big wine, exposing elements many whites I drink would falter at. A certain brash briar defines the middle, but the alcohol and glycerin-ey aspect throughout makes it hard to completely endorse. Not particularly bright, though acidity is a fairly decent attraction along the bulk of the fruit. I’ve had chardonnays lighter than this and there-in lies the rub. Plus you put “pink” on the label.
2023 THE LANGUAGE OF YES ‘Les Fruites Rouges’ Central Coast 13.5
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