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July 15, 2005
A Red Eyed Toad & Spectacled Badger?
Thinking toward Monday’s PINK OUT! While picking up my stash of risotto rice I eyed the chilled wine section of the local natural foods store and found much to my surprise a few different bottles of Rose’.
The label caught my eye right away! Something about a Toad ana a Badger? No doubt a good match for some fresh goat cheese, a baguet of sturdy aromatic sour dough and some good old dry salami for an afternoon of typing, editing and publishing yours truly.
Toad Hollow 2004, Eye of the Toad Sonoma County Rose': $10.00, (87pts)--Vibrant light glowing pink, bright and clear–eye catching to say the least; small fresh wild strawberries--the kind you find growing on the coastal dunes of central and northern California-- well up from the rim of the glass delighting the olfactories and carring through to the taste, warm refreshing, smooth with a hint of spice to a nicely lingering and refreshing finish.
From the Winery:
Pretty in Pink and Proud of it!
“At a time when most American Rosé wines have either an overabundance of residual sugar or are “flabby” and lacking in acidity, we here at Toad Hollow continue to produce true French-Style, bone dry, and elegant Rosé wine produced from the noble Pinot Noir grape.
This is our SEVENTH vintage of Pinot Noir Rosé and, by far, our best to date. The wine has incredible body and weight for a Rosé of Pinot Noir. The color is a beautiful pink with a hint of “Beaujolais blue”. This wine has a nose of rose petals and violets. Whether in sun or shade, this is a truly dry, uncomplicated statement of Pinot Noir at its lightest and most delicate which we proudly call our ROSÉ.
It is very important to keep all sources of sugar out of Rosé and allow the classic grapes to speak for themselves. This wine is uncluttered by any real or imagined saccharin-like improvements to the breed. There are many people out there that are bold enough to taste our Rosé and are converted to its single honest statement of “here come the grapes…grab some as they come by . . ..
We know that you’ll love it. (But don’t be surprised if it gets fresh with you!)”
Posted by fortna at July 15, 2005 04:51 AM