What: 2011 Foster e Rocco Rose (Sangiovese), Heathcote, Victoria
Purchased: website, $25
Food: bbq fish, blood orange and asparagus salad, roast potatoes
Comments: roses rank alongside sparkling reds as things I like but without taking seriously - fun quaffers and nothing more. Time to get a bit more thoughtful. Have had the previous two vintages of this one, oddly enough on the same night at MsG's in Sydney. Quite different with the '10 being the more linear and acidic, the '09 being slightly sweeter. This takes it a step further than the '10 - but does it have enough flesh? Was better with food rather than now, post food. What is that on the nose? Can't place it but perhaps is the start of the rasberry background that appears on the palette. Have picked up a case for summer and will be interested to see my thoughts evolve as the wine gets a few more months into it and I try it with different food. Definitely a food wine.
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