Tablas Creek Vineyard - 'Dianthus' - Rosé of Mourvèdre, Grenache, Counoise, Cinsault - Adelaida District, Paso Robles, CA - 2023

Notes from the Winery/Importer

The Tablas Creek Vineyard Dianthus 2023 is a blend of four estate-grown varieties propagated from budwood cuttings from the Château de Beaucastel estate. The blend incorporates the rosé traditions of the southern Rhône, taking its Mourvèdre foundation from the solid, dry rosés of Bandol and incorporating the structure of skin contact from the rich, juicy Grenache-based Tavel. Dianthus refers to a genus of flowering plants known for their deep pink blossoms and known colloquially to gardeners as "pinks".

• Accolades
• 93 points; "Very complex and giving in a Bandol style": JamesSuckling.com (Sep. 2024)
• 95 points; "Drink this like a red wine": Purely Domestic Wine Report (May 2024)
• 95 points; "long and lingering ... perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture": BevX (Apr. 2024)
• 93 points; "juicy, glorious rosé": Decanter (Apr. 2024)
• 94 points; "perpetually one of the finest rose bottlings you'll taste on the West Coast": Owen Bargreen (Apr. 2024)
• 93 points; "savory character in the front, with crisp acidity": Wine Review Online (July 2024)
• 92 points; "earthy in the best possible way": Vinous (July 2024)
  Tasting Notes
  A lovely deep peach color. On the nose, a powerful combination of blood orange and juniper, spiced plum and smoky minerality. The mouth is rich with raspberry and rhubarb fruit, creamy texture, and a vibrant line of acidity that leaves a lingering impression of plum skin, rose petals, and briny sea spray. A rosé to convert people who don't think pink wines can be serious. Drink before the end of 2025.

  Notes on the Producer

  Tablas Creek is the realization of the combined efforts of two of the international wine community’s leading families: the Perrin family, proprietors of Château de Beaucastel, and the Haas family of Vineyard Brands.

Tablas Creek is the world's first Regenerative Organic Certified Vineyard and Winery.