Home   >   Latest wine reviews   >   Love & Squalor 2015 A Frayed Knot Rosé of Gewürztraminer, Willamette Valley, $20

Love & Squalor 2015 A Frayed Knot Rosé of Gewürztraminer, Willamette Valley, $20

By on October 1, 2016

love-&-squalor-a-frayed-knot-rosé-of-gewürztraminer-2015-bottleOne of the leaders of Portland’s urban wine scene, Matt Berson, finally has answered the pleas of his peeps and given them a rosé — and he chose 30-year-old Gewürztraminer from prized Sunnyside Vineyard near Oregon’s state capital. Foot-pressed fruit grown by Lucille Wisniewski and Tom Owens produces an intriguing pink that could at first look be mistaken for a Pinot Gris rosé where it not for the tropical nose of lychee, rosewater and kiwi with peach pie and honey. That exotic blend of fruit makes it way to the palate with a dry approach, picking up hints of strawberry and peach skin with a lingering finish that blends pink grapefruit with tangerine. That he tagged this #orangeisthenewrosé bodes well for a 2016 version.

Rating: Excellent

Production: 110 cases

Alcohol: 13%

Winery website

Subscribe to Thursday’s Wine of the Week newsletter

Save

Save

About Great Northwest Wine

Articles authored by Great Northwest Wine are co-authored by Eric Degerman and Andy Perdue. In most cases, these are wine reviews that are judged blind by the Great Northwest Wine tasting panel.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *