Sunday, April 7, 2013

Tasting - Veleta Sparkling Rosé

Name: Veleta

Variety: Sparkling Rosé

Region: Andalucia

Country: Spain

Year: No vintage available

Price: $3.95

Vintage Cellar's Notes: Rosé salmon with copper reflections. Slow rising fine bubble that forms “lace” and “rosary”. In the nose is complex and elegant with red fruit, citric, exotic, fresh flowers, and notes of dry fruits and dry flowers. Fresh, gentle, and alive. Perfectly integrated “perlage” with serious and subtle flavors of dry fruits, pomegranate and lemonade. Long lasting scent of flowers and herbs.

This one smelled like grass to me, not like fresh cut but more like a few day old grass clippings. It was light, nice and bubbly and a little earthy tasting, very dry. A lot different than a champagne, this was a lot more complex for a sparkling wine. This was an enjoyable bubbly, not too boring, and dry while being full of flavor.

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