Tasting of Pinot Noir Rosé 2014

Pinot Noir is an old French grape variety, it is widely popular for its extremely variability. The cultivar is very demanding both on vine-grower's and winemaker's skills. It tends to bud early therefore it is susceptible to spring frost, the vine is also more prone to mildew and rot. In the Czech Republic it is the fourth most grown red grape variety, besides Moravia it is planted a lot also in Bohemian region, namely in Mělník subregion. In this area Pinot Noir has been planted already since the 14th century when Charles IV - the King of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor, brought the variety from Burgundy.

Pinot Noir Rosé 2014

dry

Spätlese

10,8% alc.

residual sugar: 4,9 g/l

acids: 8,4 g/l

Moravia region, Znojmo subregion

Although rosé wines create a marginal part of the production in the Czech Republic, their popularity has been growing in recent years. This Pinot Noir Rosé comes from the winery Zamecke vinarstvi Bzenec - collection GRANDS VINS D'ALFONS MUCHA, from Znojmo subregion. Raspberry color with flaming glints, the aroma is fresh and zesty with notes of fresh-picked strawberries and blueberries. The palate is crispy with pronounced acidity with tones of strawberries, lingering in creamy yoghurt taste. Unlike most of the Czech rosé wines produced with residual sugar reminding of sweet jam, this rosé is dry giving the wine very brisk character. It is a perfectly refreshing choice for hot summer days!

This wine comes from a collection GRANDS VINS D'ALFONS MUCHA featuring paintings by world known Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha. He was born in Moravia and produced at the turn of 19th and 20th century. The painter became famous literally overnight when in 1895 painted an advertisement for the Parisian play Gismonda for Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress in Théatre de la Renaissance. The poster had such a huge success that the actress started a six year contract with him. 

Mucha's paintings feature often young women in flowing robes surrounded by flowers, the posters are characterized by pastel colors. Altough he produced lots of posters, illustrations, advertisements and postcards, his masterpiece is the so called The Slav Epic depicting, on twenty huge canvases, the history of Czech people and other Slavic nations.

The label of this Pinot Noir is depicting Autumn from the series The Seasons of the Year.
From this beautiful collection we offer also Welschriesling 2012 and Pinot Blanc 2012.

 

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