Best Rosé Wines Under $20 to Drink All Year
Best Rosé Wines Under $20 to Drink All Year
Gone are the days when rosé was merely a summertime wine.
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2016 Château Minuty Côtes de Provence 'M de Minuty' Rosé, Provence, France ($18)
Pale pink with watermelon rind, candied flowers, white peach, strawberry, sour cherry, and excellent, salty mineral character with just a hint of baking spice on the finish.
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2016 Falesco Vitiano Rosato Umbria IGT, Italy ($12)
Pale ruby in color, with deep red berry aromas, jasmine, honeysuckle, and terrifically creamy on the mid-palate, giving way to more tart flavors and a bracing acid-finish with a kiss of candied minerality.
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2015 Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé, Stellenbosch, South Africa ($11)
Shimmering pale ruby in color with a leesy quality on the nose along with sea shell notes. Excellent weight in the mouth with tart cherry infused with vanilla, leading to a saline mineral finished tinge with pomegranate.
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2016 Ferrari-Carano Dry Sangiovese Rosé, Sonoma County, USA ($15)
Light in color with orange and red hues. Bright and fresh on the nose, unctuous in the mouth, revealing layers of Fuji apple, caramelized pears, and sweet baking spice.
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2015 Raimat 'Castell de Raimat' Rosé, Costers del Segre, Spain ($10)
Pale ruby with garnet hues. Bright saline minerality and candied watermelon notes. Fabulously rich, with zippy acidity and deep mid-palate flavors redolent of pomegranate, green apple skin, and kiwi.
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2016 Famille Perrin Côtes du Rhône Reserve Rosé, Rhone, France ($14)
Clean and bright with delicious ripe grapefruit and blood-orange notes tinged with lofty dried herbs-de-provence notes.
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2016 Gerard Bertrand Languedoc 'Cote des Roses' Rosé, France ($15)
Pale salmon-colored hues. A creamy nose of white peach leads to a tangy mouthfeel, softening on the mid-palate with a creamsicle, pomegranate and cranberry notes.
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2016 Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris de Cigare Rosé, California, USA ($18)
Salmon pink. Bursting with bright, ripe and creamy flavors redolent of watermelon rind, ripe strawberry and grapefruit, hinting at fennel. A superbly pleasing rosé from the inimitable Randall Grahm.