Name: Chalkboard Rosé
Variety: 100% Merlot
Region: Vin de France
Country: France
Year: 2020
Price: 7.99$
Wine Review from Ultimate Wine Challenge: "Very clean and elegant on the nose, merely offering hints of white peach and lemon peel. More fresh fruits emerge on the palate, showing fuji apple, underripe peach, and white grapefruit, with a bright, zesty finish."
My Wine Review using Wine Folly: There is no "rosé" section in Wine Folly because of course rosé can be made from any type of grape. So I used the Merlot category. When conducting the sniff test, the first smells were very floral, Wine Folly on page 132 Kindle edition notes that Merlots have floral notes of violet but every time I've smelled a violet, it just smells like grass... And I did get some more vegetable smells from the wine. Another interesting smell was of plum tomatoes and I believe thats because the acidity of the wine. When tasting the wine, it is very dry, acidic, but refreshing. I tasted grapefruit and more herbal notes. There are also flavors of peach. Again, the wine is very dry so each of the fruit flavors are just the the bare bones. But when letting the wine rest on the tongue it has a little spice to it, which Wine Folly suggests the spice notes are of incense's which I can see! Overall, I enjoyed this wine but I probably would opt for a rosé that is a little sweeter.
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