J.C. Le Roux Pinot Noir Rosé Sparkling 2010 Wine Review

J.C. Le Roux Pinot Noir Rosé Sparkling 2010

Stellenbosch W.O., South Africa

Community Score:88/100

Community Reviews: 2

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Price: $16.95

Drink: 2017-2019

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: Sparkling Wine

Winery: J.C. Le Roux

Agent: PMA Canada Ltd.

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Greg Hughes rated this wine as 88/100 with the following review:

This sparkling comes from the Stellenbosch district; one of the better known touring destinations for wine in South Africa. It sits at the feet of the imposing Drakenstein mountain chain, which bend around the tip of the African continent. This wine is an excellent value. It's traditionally made, like Champagne, and has been precellared to provide maximum enjoyment at release (already seven years old).
The bubbles are small and somewhat persistent. Bubbles become less aggressive as a wine ages.
The colour is a burnished red - some burnished orangeness to the rim.
Aromas of fresh strawberry, orange, flake pastry, and nectarine.
The palate still has some great acidity, as well as more primary fruit flavours than expected.
Loads of orange, cherry, strawberry, rhubarb, buttered pastry, and a touch of funky rancio/sherry.
Though this sparkling is old enough to be in gradeschool, it still has lots of lovely fresh fruit to offer up. This wine would be a steal at twenty bucks. Put it alongside some fresh crab at a summer crab bale, or maybe with paella. Still has a few years left, but drink it before 2020.

This Pinot Noir Rosé Sparkler from South Africa's Stellenbosch Wine of Origin region is produced in the Méthode Cape Classique - a sparkling wine term specific to South Africa for making sparkling wine with second fermentation in bottle as in Champagne. - Community Wine Reviews

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