When we featured Rosé a while back, Bob H and myself were promoting the Lancyre from Pic St. Loup as one of the pinkies of the year. Well, I opened my last bottle of the `09 last night to go with barbie shrimp and blackened eggplant slices. It was a balmy minus ten, with light snow so perfect Alberta weather!!
WTN: `09 Lancyre Rosé Pic St. Loup, Languedoc Fr.
Synthetic cork, 13.5% alc, $22 Cdn, blend of Syrah, Grenache and Cinsault. I have learnt to serve this wine well-chilled.
Pale salmon color, very watery rim. On the nose, strawberry and watermelon plus some floral notes.
Minerally, great acidity, tingling tongue sensation. More watermelon than previous bottle/s, lots of zip here. "Some raspberry and more strawberry than I remember" from across the table. Serious effort, kept a glass for overnight inspection and was not disappointed!