Tasting- Borsao Rosé

Borsao Rosé
-100% Grenache
-Aragon
-Spain
-2013
-$8.99

http://bodegasborsao.com/borsao-rosado-seleccion-5/

Characteristics of the vineyard:Vineyards with an age of 10 to 25 years. The soils are stony and slimy with clay and limestone.

Elaboration: Criomaceration during 6-12 hours and then bleeding-off. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of between 14º-18º C.

Tasting notes: Red luminescent colour with warm glows. Has a strong aroma of berries and sweets. Very young and fresh in the mouth, well balanced with its acidity, rich in floral nuances and spices.

Drinking temperature: 12ºC.

My Notes: 

I did not start my Friday night thinking I would be sampling any wines but when we started (notice this was the beginning on the night so the tasting was not ruined) the night at Bourdreax to celebrate a friend's recent good news, bottles of wine were brought. Naturally, when my friend told me he had just bought a bottle of Dry Rose I was intrigued. And the best part of this class is now every chance I have to sample, I do. I have actually never had Rose, due to being told it is way too sweet and it is never in my house. So I sampled.

The smell was just a blast of flowers (which after researching I learned it is unoaked, cool my first Rose and my first naked wine!) Then the smell turned into a citrus smell which I actually liked. The taste though it was very intriguing, it was strawberries, but not a super sweet strawberry. Very dry. It almost had a carbonation feel to it, without the actual bubbles. It's hard to say I tasted carbonation but something made me think it should be carbonated. My friend mentioned he could taste the acid of a red but the tannis of a white. Which made perfect sense to me after he said that, it was truly a good combination of red and white. Towards the end of the glass, I noticed a plum smell over the strawberry. It was given a high score on a lot of review sites which I did not agree with it. It was good but not great.