I recently visited King's Vineyards in Crozet, Virginia with some friends and tried two wines there. The first wine was a Rosé.
Name: Crosé
Variety: Merlot
Region: Crozet, Virginia
Country: United States
Year: 2022
Price: 22$
It was difficult to find a wine review online but this is the description from the vineyard "Our dry, Merlot based rosé is fresh and crisp with notes of grapefruit, lime, watermelon, and a light grassiness on the nose. Throughout the palate, a lifting acidity carries flavors of bitter cherry, peach, and rose petal. Friendly with lighter fare, this wine is also a great companion for the porch or patio."
My Review using Wine Folly: To begin, this wine is very acidic and dry. There is no sweetness which helps the acidic citrus flavors of grapefruit come out. There is also a lot of floral notes, like the winery describes, of rose petals. Wine Folly describes Merlots (page 132) as having a new leather taste, which I can say that I could taste. It had that distinct first hit of smell and taste as a new leather belt or shoes. There were some red fruit tastes of cherry but it was not dark red, like the first cherries of the summer season. Overall I enjoyed this wine, but it was a little too acidic for my palate.
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