Have I said I like Rosé? Two
very cheap Rosés are from the fab-o De Bortoli Wines company. Why do I say De
Bortioli is fab-o? 1) They are adventurous: eg making the Down the Lane combo
of Pinot Grigio, Arneis and Vermentino. 2) They sell cheap but very good wine,
which seems a highly democratic move to me (at a time when many are saying we
are seeing the (re)rise of fascism; we've certainly been living in time of
ungenerous neoliberalism for years). Their Sia and Sacred Hill are around
$5-$7. But, and it is a significant 'but' for me: they don't list the grape
varieties on either! So I emailed a query through the website. The Sacred Hill
(BTW: this is a label that rarely fails to get on James Halliday's Best 100
wines lists) is made from Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and the Sia from
Shiraz. The Sacred Hill is a pale-bronze-ballet pink in colour, with a rose
perfume and beautifully dry, medium-deep palate. The Sia is a pale-bronze pink
in colour, whose perfume is milk and strawberries, with an equally pleasantly
dry palate. Both sit under the rubric that price is not an indication of
quality; they are well-attached to this vernacular aphorism, which then appears
to be characterised by abundant truth. The Sia is available locally, but I
haven't seen the Sacred Hill Rosé locally (I bought mine in Sydney).
Warburn Estate also has a cheap
Rosé, though not quite as cheap as De Bortoli. The bottle is distinct with its
blue and white stripes, and the 2018 Rosé is a pale-to-mid bronze, with a
perfume that is bronze-like too. It's Sangiovese-based with a typical mild rose
perfume but with a slurping-down liquorice edge on the tin-dry palate.
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