Rameau d’Or Rosé Provence 2024
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- $25
- Drink by: 2025-2028
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Rosé from the Côtes de Provence is exactly the wine that so many of us think of when we think lazy, sunny days in cafes by the Mediterranean. This one comes from 30-year-old vines from the Coeur du Var, which is located in the centre of the region. The palest of Rosé hues, almost a straw white if there is such a thing, the wine is wonderfully aromatic, filling the room with notes of florals, rose petals, citrus, herbs, spices and a note like a windswept lavender hillside. Seamless in style, this is fresh and quite vibrant with good focus and a lingering finish. Enjoy this now and over the next three years. If you can’t actually get to the Mediterranean this summer, at least you can drink as though you are there.
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.
