"Dark pink rose. This wine has lovely balance, distinct minerality, and a pleasant tartness. It evokes cherry skins, rose petals, and red berries. a blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Cinsault, 15% Clairette, and 5% Syrah made saignée style. Alc°."
International Wine Review (Annual Rosé Review / April 2013), 90+ pts
"As always, their Tavel Rose is a winner. The 2012, a blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Cinsault, 15% Clairette and 5% Syrah, is a delightful, fragrant, medium-bodied, dry rose displaying lots of garrigue, pepper and white currant notes intermixed with kirsch and raspberry fruit. Drink this complex rose over the next several years."
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #208, August 2013), 90 pts + BEST BUY
"A fine example of what Tavel can be, this is a full-bodied, luscious rosé with a bit of sturdiness to its structure. Cherry and peach notes fade into hints of fresh herb and cocoa on the long, harmonious finish. Drink now and through the summer of 2014. — J.C."
Wine Enthusiast (December 31st 2013), 90 pts + Editor's Choice
"(50% grenache, 30% cinsault, 15% clairette, 5% syrah.) Pale salmon-copper hue; strawberries and raspberries with notes of dried currants and peach and a hint of the dry, dusty herbal-grassy character the French call garrigue; dry and stony but tasty with red fruit flavors; lovely rosé but displaying a serious mineral edge. Excellent."
- Fredric Koeppel's Bigger than Your Head (October 10th 2014), Excellent
"Firm and dense, this lives up to Tavel's reputation for lusty, full-bodied rosés. From 60-year-old vines in limestone-rich soils -- Mostly grenache with some cinsault, clairette and syrah, all vinified in cement tanks -- it carries old-vine intensity in its spiced cherry flavors. Meaty and rich, it's a hearty, sophisticated rosé for grilled fresh sardines."
- The Wine & Spirits Magazine (August 2015), 90 pts - Best Buy
- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (June 2015), 90 pts
"Here’s a richer, riper Tavel, sappy and just a tad sweet — not from residual sugar in the wine but from the ripe vintage. This one may appeal more to those with a sweet tooth. - David McIntyre"
- Washington Post (July 13th 2016), **1/2 (Excellent)
