The red berry notes one typically finds in the rosés of southern France (raspberry and strawberry) are well represented on the nose and palate, and they are joined by bright orange citrus, minerality, a touch of spice, and a creamy mouthfeel that likely draws from the time it spent in oak. (We’re not reviewing the candy formally, but we did taste it.)Ģ020 Hampton Water Rosé – Pouring pale pink in the glass, the 2020 Hampton Water Rosé is delightfully complex.
Interestingly, it has been paired with premium candy maker Sugarfina’s Candy Bento Box, which includes three different gummy candies made with rosé wine. The 2020 vintage is made with 60% Grenache, 15% Cinsault, 15% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah grapes all drawn from the Languedoc region of Southern France and aged in French oak barrels for 30 to 60 days. Learning the wine’s origin, I couldn’t help but think of the lyrics to the Bon Jovi hit “Wanted Dead or Alive”: “Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink…” Who knew that one of those bottles was French rosé?īut this wine is no joke. Introduced in 2017, Hampton Water Rosé was conceived by rocker Jon Bon Jovi and his son Jesse Bongiovi, who brought the idea to French winemaker Gerard Bertrand.
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