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Michael David Winery Rosé Lodi California 2022

Michael David Winery Rosé Lodi California 2022

This early November I was browsing through the rosé aisles at my usual wine joint, Stirling Fines Wines, to buy some rosé for the winter season when this bottle caught my eyes. It’s a very nice bottle, I kept the empty bottle after finishing the wine as a water jug. I didn’t know this rosé but I already had some Michael David wines that I enjoyed so I figured I could give it a shot. Read here for the Michael David wines I reviewed : https://wineinamerica.wordpress.com/?s=michael+david

Price here in central New Jersey was $13.

12.5% vol. Vintage 2022. Under cork. The tasting was done in my wine glasses from Le Deux Glassware.

Michael David Winery Rosé Lodi California 2022

Bright pink leaning towards orange salmon, thin bright pink rim, short irregular legs.

Nose of strawberries, both green and powdery strawberries like in the Haribo Tagada candy. Also raspberry and other red fruits. Very fruity and pleasant on the nose. 

In mouth : some strawberries, both green and powdery, very fruity but crisp and fresh at the same time. A mouthful of fruits but not aggressive : it’s like eating a strawberry or red fruit salad in the summer. A tad bitterness but very subtle in the middle mouth, then the fruits linger in mouth very pleasantly.

I am very happy to have found this rosé. I will buy it again (right now) and hopefully it will remain readily available year in and year out and also throughout the winter season not only in summer, and won’t vanish like most rosés tend to do here in my neck of the woods these past years. I love this one a lot and the price is reasonable. Michael David Winery didn’t disappoint for this wine.

After the tasting we paired it with a vegetable curry that I made from Sheree’s recipe, excellent too ! My kids had friends over and everyone enjoyed both the wine and the curry. (the only downside is that we had only that one bottle of this rosé.) 

You can find this delicious curry recipe here : 

Michael David Winery Rosé Lodi California 2022

Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand 2022

Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand 2022

Another sauvignon blanc from New Zealand, Marlborough  (here you can read about the other sauvignon blanc wine from New Zealand I have reviewed, the Chloe one :  https://wineinamerica.wordpress.com/2022/05/15/chloe-sauvignon-blanc-marlborough-new-zealand-2020/  ) 

I had read good things about this Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc on LifesVoyager’s blog, and it was available at my usual wine store, Stirling Fine Wines in New Jersey for $16. LifesVoyager’s post can be read here : https://lifesvoyagercom.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/two-summertime-whites/

12% vol. Screw cap, vintage 2022. 100% Sauvignon Blanc grapes, Marlborough appellation.

Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand 2022

Very pale yellow with pale translucent rim. No legs.

Nose : apple, citrus, herbal like angelica or artemisia (armoise / wormwood), a tad of anise-like scent. Very herbal but in the angelica/artemisia type of flavored herbs.

In mouth : crisp and fresh, very clean taste, green apple, citrus like lemon and also ruby grapefruit. A bit fizzy at first. Very light and pleasant to drink. A good summer wine or any season as far as I’m concerned.

Then after the green apple taste, some herbs (not the ones from the nose though). Very pleasant dry crisp and fresh wine for a very decent price here in the US ($16 and it’s imported). Some lime zest in the end of mouth, ruby grapefruit comes back at the end. 

I enjoyed it a lot, a nice change from the other white wines even Sauvignon Blanc from elsewhere because it’s so light and fresh to drink. 

After tasting we paired it with chicken orzo, another excellent recipe from Sheree from the blog View from the back, another of her recipes that has become one of our favorites. The recipe can be found here on her blog :  https://viewfromtheback.com/2023/08/19/the-musette-chicken-orzo/

This chicken orzo is sprinkled with truffle oil as per Sheree’s recommendations and my ! does it get the recipe to another level !

Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand 2022

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (rosé)

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (rosé)

Next up is the rosé version of Beaujolais Nouveau that they started to make a couple of years ago and are still making.

You can read review of the Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 red one here : https://wineinamerica.wordpress.com/2022/11/19/beaujolais-nouveau-georges-duboeuf-2022-red/

13% vol.

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (rosé)

Bright pink leaning towards salmon, beautiful and pleasant color. Pale rim, no legs.

Nose : strawberry, powdery, some citrus and silex notes too, some mineral notes.

In mouth : very fresh and « new », strawberry on the powdery and green side, a bit watery, not very powerful but pleasant and refreshing like a summer wine, which was a contrast with the cold wave we had here in New Jersey (a couple of days ago, at the time of tasting).

This year 2022, I prefer the red one which is more tasty.

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (rosé)
Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (rosé)

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (red)

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (red)

This is this time of the year when the Beaujolais Nouveau makes its appearance, in red and rosé as well.

First up, the red version (the usual one) : the Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022, 13% vol.

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (red)

Deep bright red, leaning towards purple and dark pink. Deep pink and bright rim. Irregular long legs.

Nose : banana again this year, Haribo banana candy exactly. Some red fruit but really the main scent is Haribo banana, powdered banana.

In mouth : acid, a bit fizzy even though it doesn’t show in the glass, fizzy on the tongue definitely. The main taste is also this Haribo banana. Nothing much else to it but it is very pleasant, furthermore when it’s not too acid nor too green. It doesn’t feel green at all actually.

So very pleasant, specially on a cold New Jersey night, the air bas been on the snow from Upstate New York and the windchill is very low for the season, so this little lively wine is perfect for such a weather.

All in all very enjoyable this year.

After tasting I paired it with some Cuban style Cristianos y Moros, black beans and rice, which made a very comforting and warming meal. 

Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (red)
Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf 2022 (red)