2016 Banshee Mendocino County Rosé

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Vinous

Reviewed June 2017

Limpid orange-pink. Fresh strawberry and blood orange scents, along with floral and white pepper nuances that gain strength as the wine opens up. Juicy, focused and light on its feet, offering subtly sweet red berry and floral pastille flavors and a bracing jolt of white pepper on the back half. Clings with very good tenacity on the finish, leaving behind a suggestion of candied rose. Drink 2017-2019. (JR)

Staff Reviews

Scott Beckerley

Normally, I pretty much just drink Rose from Provence and Sancerre. I love the acidity and brightness there. However, Banshee has produced a GREAT, and affordable dry Rose for 2016. It has a very, very pretty nose of nectarine and watermelon. So pretty, that I thought it was going to be one of these borderline fruity Rose's. I could not have been more wrong! On the palate, orange, rhubarb and really nice acidity and chalkiness. Absolutely delicious! A must try!

Notes

The folks at Banshee take their rosé production very seriously. They employ hand harvesting and whole-cluster pressing of grapes (in 2016, the blend is 48% Grenache, 22% Pinot Noir, 16% Syrah, 14% Barbera) designated for rosé from the beginning, rather than bleeding some runoff juice of a wine destined to be a red. The primary new vineyard source for this aromatic and bright rosé is biodynamically farmed, and the attention to detail from start to finish shows through in the bottle. From Banshee: "The wine is a pale rose and peach combination in color and lip smacking as it goes down. It also possesses the depth to pair with everything from the lightest amuse-bouche to the main course."

Details

Type	Rosé
Origin	Anderson Valley/Mendocino, California, United States
Bottle Size	750 mL
SKU	1296369