The Sunday Morning Sommelier
Sep 19th, 2010
Name: Menage a Trois Rose
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Category: other reds (Rosé)
Description per label: Good rosé is like a carnival in your mouth—and not one of your low rent carnivals. We’re talking about your really classy, country fair kind of carnival.
Price: $10.99
Review: First allow to me apologize for the late post. I’ve been on holiday and there has been much wine to sample. So this is a special commemorative missive.
There is a fisherman I sometimes sample wines with who tells me wild stories of his exploits and conquests. He drives a modified tricycle that accommodates a large cooler, two rods, a tackle box and a cast net. I only know the Gent as Mullet Man, a name I bestowed upon him after one particularly long wine and scotch sampling session on our community seawall. Due to his proclivity towards storing his mullet and spirits in the same cooler I usually supply the beverages. By his own proclamations, Mullet Man was a Don Juan of sorts, globally romancing women from fishmonger’s wives to high society types. He claims the years spent as a sea captain with the merchant marine forged him into a salt-scaled sexual titan of sorts. I always interject, “a sexual titan with remaining teeth as brown as barnacles” and laugh jubilantly. He often tells anyone who will listen, of the time he orchestrated a Ménage a Trios’ with an Austrian duchess and a French chambermaid. The mental image makes me throw up a little in my mouth but to the dockside Don Juan I tip my fedora and dedicate this review.
The Mullet Man in full jubilation.
This Rosé should not to be confused with the pedestrian white zinfandel of the same color. The blend of Merlot, Syrah and Gewürztraminer presents a dry but thinly sweet flavor. Upon sampling this provocative spirit, the aroma is robust and fruity with hints of melon and strawberry through the finish. I’ve found a bottle or trios (3) refreshing enough to cool down three sweaty wine enthusiasts or one Mullet Man. It’s ideal to keep chilled and on hand in lieu of sports beverages.
On the SMS scale (1-10) I’d rate this wine rock-solid 7.
*Suggested Pairings: pizza, Tom’s pork rinds, smoked mullet dip, and orgies.
*This week’s suggested pairings were courtesy of the Mullet Man himself.
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