Babylonstoren Mouvedre Rosé 2018, South Africa

Babylonstoren has the second most visited gardens in the western cape and some of the most delicious wines there. I’ve been to the gardens and met the wine maker and cellar master, very nice guys and so knowledgeable.

If you look at my London wine fair blog from May 2019 you’ll find some of their reds .

This is their 2018 Mourvedre rose wine. Its fruit driven dry rose with aromas and flavours of strawberry, red berries and a clean fresh taste.  It has more flavour than a Provence rose and that’s not bad. Those extra flavours make it so drinkerable.

At £13 a bottle it’s a little pricy but you get what you pay for and no it doesn’t go with strawberries and cream scones, swooped out for Demi Sec sparkling from Vouvray pretty quickly and then drunk later.

Babylonstoren Mouvedre Rosé 2018, South Africa

Babylonstoren Mouvedre Rosé 2018, South Africa

Masseria Pietrosa Primitivo Rosato, Puglia in Italy

Puglia in the heel of Italy is more famous for its red fruity wine which is low in tannins, soft and easy drinking. This is the rose equivalent.

The first impression is that this is very Provence in style, a little more colour but just a shade darker. You don’t get a lot of aroma, subtle hints of strawberry and redcurrant with a little blossom. The flavours are again subtle with the red fruits and a fresh finish, youthful and light.

At about £10 a bottle it competes with Provence’s rose’s and holds its own. For the summer it’s perfect evening garden wine watching the sunset.

Masseria Pietrosa Primitivo Rosato, Puglia in Italy

Masseria Pietrosa Primitivo Rosato, Puglia in Italy

Burnt Foot and Lavenham Brook Pinot Noir 2017

  • Burnt Foot and Lavenham Brook Pinot Noir 2017 are both from Suffolk. English Pinot Noir is not usually outstanding and this is the same with these two. That said they are good with aromas and flavours of strawberry and redcurrant. I tried the Pinot Noir from Bolney vineyard last week which was like raspberry squash, thin and watery and very overpriced at £20 a bottle. These are in in a completely different league. At about £13 a bottle they can’t compete with Provence’s or Australian rose’s but these are good solid, won’t let you down English rose wine.
Burnt foot and Lavenham Brook Pinot Noir 2017

Burnt Foot and Lavenham Brook Pinot Noir 2017