La Resistance Côtes du Rhône Rosé 2020
- 90
- $35
- Drink by: 2022-2023
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Côtes du Rhône may be home to good value, decent reds, and truckloads of them, but it is often forgotten that they also do Rosé rather well. Don’t be afraid to get stuck in. This one is organic and delightfully appealing. A very pale bronze yellow in colour, this is a subtle style with gentle raspberries, delicatessen notes and florals with even hints of peaches on the palate. A good creamy texture, it has decent length and focus, with a pleasing dry finish. It is drinking beautifully now so chill for drinking over summer.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
