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Château Tour d'Arfon Rosé 2003, A.C. Bergerac
Colour:
Rather dark and intense rosé + purple nuances.
Nose:
expressive, juicy and ripe fruity (berries, cherries), some green herbs,
a whiff of pepper, some lactic nuances (buttermilk), not complex, but just
delicious and clean.
Taste:
dry, quite powerful for a rosé, full-bodied, rich in fruit (berries
and cherries), some strawberries, juicy, with spicy and herby nuances,
some tannin, a light touch of bitterness, sufficiently fresh acidity, some
obvious alcohol.
Finish:
well balanced, adequately long, with ripe fruit, some tannins, a slight
touch of bitterness, fresh acidity and warm alcohol.
* Well made wine from a difficult year, more powerful and full-bodied than the average Bergerac rosé, verging on the brink of a Bordeaux Claret, but with more freshness and more upfront primary and fresh berry and cherry fruit. Dry, smooth and well balanced wine that will please many consumers that find many dry reds too strong and harsh.
- This wine is already delicious, I estimate the last touch of tannin will smooth out during the summer, the juicy fruit is the key factor in this wine, don't keep it too long, drink it until summer 2005.
- It is quite an achievement
in the hot and dry summer of 2003 to produce such a both fresh and smooth
wine. Many whites and rosé's were harvested too early producing
wines with the right acidity and alcohol level, but with unripe aroma's
and green tannins. Others made unbalanced wines with too much alcohol
(in most cases the acidity was corrected - tartaric acid added- during
vinification). In 2003 it was virtually impossible to make a light dry
rosé with ripe fruit. This rosé of a new and serious producer
is a darker type of rosé, maybe not textbook Bergerac, not very
complex or refined, but very delicious and versatile and above all not
expensive.
- lotnr.: L 03 RO
- tasted: 21-04-’04
- estimated retail price ca. 5,00 euro per bottle
- average production: ca. bottles
- Château Tour d'Arfon, 24240 Monestier Mrs. Fabienne Ferté, tel.: + 33-553733649; fax.: + 33-553733649
- export agent: Grand Sud Domaines,
Mrs. Cécile Dupuy; Mr. Alain Boissiere, 4, Rue Rudolphe Bruzac,
24160 Bergerac, tel.: + 33-553630303 / fax.: + 33-553581493 / e-mail: grand.sud.domaines@wanadoo.fr