{"id":8338,"date":"2021-05-17T21:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T02:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=8338"},"modified":"2021-07-04T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T19:14:57","slug":"american-rose-should-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2021\/05\/american-rose-should-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not All Proven\u00e7al Pink – American Ros\u00e9 You Should be Drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you a ros\u00e9 fan? Do you look forward to all the new releases in the spring? Many of us are drinking copious amounts of ros\u00e9 (I know I am!) so of course, it seems that everyone wants to make ros\u00e9. But with more and more of the pink stuff flooding the market, it\u2019s hard to know what to even drink these days. This is particularly true when for many, the model is the pale pink juice of Provence. The paler, the better they say. Of course, this has led to a continuous increase of uninspiring ros\u00e9 wines on the market. Copycats, imposters, or whatever else you want to call them, they imitate but don\u2019t duplicate. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I love and enjoy Proven\u00e7al ros\u00e9. It\u2019s what they do well. I don\u2019t love all of them, but I do buy my fair share because when they\u2019re good, they are GOOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as much as I enjoy the pale pinks from the South of France, I also struggle with \u2018sameness\u2019 in wine. There\u2019s just so much more to ros\u00e9. Sometimes I want more body and riper fruit in my ros\u00e9. Sometimes I want a little tannin. This is particularly the case when I\u2019m at the grill with smoky, Texas BBQ on my mind. So what\u2019s a girl to do? Turn to the U S of A, of course! American producers are certainly doing their thing with ros\u00e9 in their own way. And I\u2019m here for it. I don\u2019t want you to try to be Provence. I want you to be the best version of yourself and do what you do best – American ros\u00e9!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucky for me, Mr. Corkscrew will drink pink whenever I pop open some. So between what I purchase and what\u2019s sent to me to sample, I have a pretty good base of American ros\u00e9 from which to choose. So here\u2019s goes…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ros\u00e9 of Pinot Noir<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When I\u2019m thinking lighter bodied, I often look for a Pinot Noir ros\u00e9. As Pinot Noir is my first wine love, it\u2019s not all that surprising that I enjoy many of these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a social media chat with Kerith Overstreet, who is the winemaker at Bruliam Wines<\/a> and had the opportunity to try her 2020 Ros\u00e9 of Pinot Noir ($25). This was a new (to me) producer, but I love a great wine story and hers really spoke to me. Kerith was a doctor who decided it would be cooler to make wine. As a \u201ctrying to be a recovering tax lawyer\u201d I get this. Like for real! She is also a mom of three and her kids\u2019 names are the inspiration for the name of the winery. \u201cBruliam\u201d is actually an amalgamation of her three children\u2019s names \u2013 Bruno, Lily, and Amelia. As for the wine? She makes killer Pinot (available at my local Total Wine) so of course she rocked the ros\u00e9. Fresh and delicate with strawberry, peach, lemon zest, a touch of herbs, mineral, and some salinity. The bright acidity and complex nature makes it a natural for food, but it\u2019s ok to do a little quaffing too. We loved it with shrimp tacos. And I\u2019d be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention that Kerith has a heart of gold. She\u2019s one of the more charitable winemakers out there and even takes time out of her busy schedule to volunteer to give COVID shots. The ros\u00e9 can be purchased at the winery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bruliam Ros\u00e9 with Shrimp Tacos<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I almost didn\u2019t include the Big Table Farm Ros\u00e9 of Pinot Noir ($32-42 depending where you get it) as I had the 2019 for the first time recently and nearly lost my shit on Instagram<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. My tasting notes are there too. It\u2019s almost not fair to the other wines as I literally almost broke out in song. I immediately went on the hunt for more and couldn\u2019t find any. But then they just released their 2020 so if you want some, act now. I bought more at my local wine shop Vinology<\/a> but they also still have some at the winery<\/a> as well. Foot tapping…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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