Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Rose' is Back!

This is actually a post I wrote last year about Mulderbosch's exquisite Rose'. Now, normally I don't approve of re-posting (it seems dishonest somehow). But, I'm making an exception in this case because we just got the new vintage and and the only that's changed is that it's even better.

Let's talk White Zinfandel.......or not. I'm kidding of course.....well....sorta. One of my favorite wine styles is rose'. That's right rose'. Dry rose'. It can be a wonderful expressive full-flavored, refreshing, and (not unimportantly) quite inexpensive wine. And I get everyone I can to try it. Which isn't that many, because when I show someone a bottle they look at me as if I am completely insane. At wine tastings I've had sophisticated wine customers that I've recommended dozens of wine to that they never would have tried on their own and I know that they trust my judgement that I have to go through a 10 minute song and dance just get them to taste it.

Red wine is made by crushing the grapes and fermenting the wine with the grape skins still in, which brings out all that rich color and flavor that you drink at room temperature. White wine is made by crushing the grapes and taking out the skins before fermentation making the wine light and refreshing that you drink chilled. Rose' is made by crushing grapes and pulling the grape skins halfway through fermentation that make a wine that you drink chilled that is like a red wine that drinks like a white wine or maybe a white wine that has the flavors of a red wine. Either way it can make a totally AWESOME wine. Like say, Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 and it tastes like what it is--a sorta white wine version of Cabernet Sauvignon. It has all that fruit (especially strawberry) and structure (especially herbal) that you would find in a good cab but the flavors are reserved and refreshing and won't overwhelm food. It's perfect for a hot day and at $14, it's a steal. Once I get someone to buy a bottle they come back and buy more. But the first bottle is difficult, to say the least.

It just happened again five minutes ago, a woman was making dinner for her brother--grilled salmon, I had the perfect wine took her over to our South Africa section and picked a bottle of Mulderbosch Rose' and she shakes her head and looks at me like she's slightly nauseous and says,"I'm afraid he's kind of a wine snob."