Roses tend to be summer wines, lovely when chilled and enjoyed with lunch on a sunny day, or with a light meal on a warm evening.
A few sample bottles which missed my pre-Christmas rosé tasting have been languishing in my cellar waiting for others to join them for a tasting.
There's still time to enjoy a chilled glass of this lighthearted wine during a weekend or evening before the last of a (hopefully) Indian summer.
Although wine sent for review is tasted blind to eliminate preconceptions, all wine tasting and evaluation is subjective.
These are personal recommendations. charmian.smith@odt.co.nz\
BEST UNDER $20
$19.95
Three stars (out of five)
Average value
Pale onion-skin colour and perfumed with hints of ripe peach, this is a fresh, fruity wine with a clean finish.
BEST UNDER $20
$19
Three stars
Average value
Fragrant with hints of nectarine and honey, mouthfilling with sweet juicy fruit and a hot finish.
$25
three stars
Below average value
A mouthfilling, off-dry wine with hints of summer fruit, some texture from a portion of barrel fermentation and a tingly finish.
$22
Three stars
Below average value
Fragrant with peach aromas and bright fruit, well structured and a crisp, juicy, dryish finish.
$23
Three stars
Below average value
Aromas of nectarine, off-dry with firm backbone and crisp finish.
$23
Three-and-a-half stars
Average value
Lightly perfumed, mouthfilling with suggestions of ripe summer berries. A medium style but balanced by a crisp acidity.
