A dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. We’ve had too many gutless roses this year, so we were very happy to come across the Ojai Vineyard‘s simply-named 2004 Rose. Very spicy and refreshing. Lots of flavor, but not too fruity. A little spendy for a rose at $13, but life’s too short to complain too much.
In contrast, we were sorely disappointed by Lang & Reed‘s 2004 Wild Hare Cabernet Franc Rose. (Their site is absolute shite, BTW. What is it with wineries? They’re like sitting ducks for unscrupulous web designers.) But the rose was worse: Flat, watery, blah–and $15 to boot. We’d shelled out for it on the strength of the L&R name, which supposedly grows only Cab Franc (not that I could discern that from their site), and I recall some very nice full-on reds from them for about $17 or so, but this rose isn’t worth a damn. Once again, life’s too short.
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