Maker: St. Julian, Paw Paw, Michigan, USA
Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chambourcin
Place of origin: Lake Michigan Shore AVA, Michigan, USA
Vintage: NV
ABV: 13%
Purchased for $8 (? Winery tasting room, Troy, Michigan)
Appearance: Orangy pink, effervescent.
Nose: Strawberry, mulberry.
Palate: Fizzy, medium-bodied and mild. White raspberry, mineral water.
Finish: Acid, a little tannin.
Parting words: I recall tasting this wine at the tasting room and I must have liked it a lot since I ended up buying three bottles of it! Oddly, two of those bottles are listed at $8 and one is listed at $14 in my Cellar Tracker account, so I’m not really sure how much I paid.
This is a decent, quaffable sparkling rosé that tastes best when chilled. There’s not much in the way of balance or integration, though, and the palate is a little flat. For $8 (if that’s what I paid for it), it’s fine. At $14, not so much. I’ll err on the side of generosity, though and give St. Julian Dry Sparkline Rosé a mild recommendation.
Note: This wine is no longer on the St. Julian website, but seems to have been replaced by something called Dry Bubbly Rosé. Hopefully the name change means that the wine has been revamped.
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