Looking for suggestions: A good Rosé

[Christina216]

Word on the street is they're back! Any particularly good ones out there?

[ChefJune]

yum, Rose!

Mas de Gourgonnier, Vision Cellars and Chimney Rock are my current affordable faves. Did splurge on a bottle of Domaine Tempier this summer. Sometimes you just HAVE to....

Rose Champagnes are so wonderful. Best qpr, i think is Nicolas Feuillatte's which can be had at Wine Library for $34!

[The Chowfather]

Look for the Pretty Sally Estate Rose $15 range.

[pjaym17]

Etude Carneros (California) Pinot Noir Rose, 2006. I think this sets the standard for domestic roses. $17.

[whiner]

Oh, my! I cannot believe I didn't think of that. This is one of the finest still CA Roses I've tasted.

Bravo on the suggestion!

[ibstatguy]

try the Dehlinger PN rose

[RicRios]

(Tongue-in-cheek:) Krug Rosé.

[whiner]

Taittinger Comtes, Dom Perignon, Billecart NV, Billecart Elisabeth...

:-D

(Actually, my favotire rose wine, still or sparkling, ever tasted, is the '96 Billecart Salmon Cuvee Elisabeth)

[maria lorraine]

Rosé Champage is so lovely, so delicious, so fun, so wonderful with food, so....

[girobike]

Hi Maria,

You seem to have the same taste as my wife and her sister - they don't drink Ruinart's Rose Champagne - they make it disappear, and fast.

Christina 216,

If you're into it, here are some excellent German alternatives that have the hint of mangos and maracujas.

Weingut Nelles
Göppinger Straße 13a
53474 Heimersheim/Bad Neuenahr
Tel. +49 2641 - 24349
Fax: +49 2641 - 79586
www.weingut-nelles.de
[e-mail]

Weingut Gies-Düppel
Am Rosenberg 5
76831 Birkweiler
Tel.: +49 6345 – 919156
Fax: +49 6345 - 919157
www.gies-dueppel.de
[e-mail]

Genossenschaftskellerei
Heilbronn-Erlenbach-Weinsberg e.G.
Binswanger Straße
74076 Heilbronn
Tel.: +49 7131 - 1579-0
Fax: +49 7131 - 1579-39
www.wg-heilbronn.de
[e-mail]

[fresnohotspot]

thumbs up for the Billecart Salmon Brut Rose Champagne (non vintage)

[bubbles4me]

Couple of my favorites this year:
L'Hortus
Bailly Sancerre Rose
Dragon
Tempier, (yes wicked expensive but it is a $40.00 bottle of wine...harder when it is a Rose but I drank it last night....so good)
Domaine Sorin
Chateau la Canorgue
Clos Marie, (hard to find but exciting as hell)
Patton Pinot Noir from Oregon....I am a French fan but this is really fantastic
Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet Bourgogne
Domaine Fontsainte
I wont even get into the bubbles......

[ibstatguy]

how about some larmandier-bernier?

[whiner]

Tempier (Bandol)
1+1=3 (Spain, forget where)
Bodegas Nekas "Vega Sindoa" (Spain, forget where, SUPER-CHEAP)
Saintsbury "Code Pink" (CA)

Too many Italians and Tavels to name, but I'd actually look to that ountry and region (respectively) first...

[maria lorraine]

My favorites (best flavor at the best price) are all from France or Spain.

France:
***Domaine du Dragon “Cuvée Prestige” Côtes de Provence Rosé
***any Tavel or Bandol -- I especially like Chapoutier, ***Domaine Ott, ***Domaine Tempier, but these can be pricey.
**Domaines de Fonsaintes Gris de Gris (Corbieres), from Kermit Lynch, about $12
E. Guigal's Cote du Rhone Rose at around $11 a bottle
Routas, from Provence, about $11.
Domaine de la Mordorée Tavel
Domaine de la Mordorée Côtes-du-Rhônes Rosé
2006 Château de Ségriès Tavel
2006 Château de Ségriès Côtes-du-Rhônes Rosé

Spain, Rosado
I especially like those from ***Muga
***Also, rosados from Cune, El Coto and Marques de Caceres, all about $12
Bodegas Estancia Piedra Rosado from Toro, 100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) $11

Italy look for Rosato or Cerasuolo (a variation on the word cherry)
Il Mimo, made from 100% Nebbiolo, about $14

California
Edmonds St. John "Bone-Jolly"
Solo Rosa from Jeff Morgan

[mengathon]

Nice list. I recently tried a 2007 Ch. Simone Palette, which is, interestingly enough, a monopole.

[Ichewonthis]

crios rose of malbec, la manarine rose,

[TonyO]

Turkey Flat (Australia) is an excellent choice (around $18).

[Brad Ballinger]

Try the following thread...

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/520754

[Delucacheesemonger]

Any Tavel from near Avignon, DomaineTempier, a bandol from Provence; chinon rose, a blush from the loire of cabernet franc