Please take the title as tongue in cheek. It is in reference to a previos post on wine which I titled Nectar for the Gods, where I discuss a delicate Irish beer. I continue with the theme of gods in my two posts on wine: The God Of Wine and Dionysus' Fury while also describing a vintage.
This time it is a rosé, and hence a call out to goddesses. Rosés are thought to be the quintessential feminine wine. Partly because they are such a pretty color, and they are between a red and a white in strength. But, some rosés come in robust tastes, and this White Zinfandel is one such.
I don't recommend drinking it chilled. I think the coldness distracts from tasting the wine and its notes and layers.
It does start out light, but stronger flavors linger on.
Description from the bottle:
Front:This site adds dried cranberry to the list. The semi-sweet, semi-acidic taste of the cranberry does contribute to the "robustness" of this wine.
Gallo Family Vineyard
White Zinfandel
California
2012
Back:
You can taste the Gallo family's dedication to the art of winemaking, passed down through four generations, in this White Zinfandel. This wine highlights flavours of scrumptious cherry and watermelon with hings of raspberry. Enjoy chilled.
The watermelon is perhaps what contributes to the freshness, and the cherries to the sweetness, but without the cranberry, I think this wine would have been just another sweet, pretty rosé. The after-taste is smooth, unlike some inexpensive wines which leave a slightly bitter residue on the tongue.
A plebian reviewer at this site sees it as a late-evening summer sipping wine for the patio, to be drunk by itself. But I think it should be served with meals, and preferably with dinner. For example, with pork, perhaps using the wine as a marinade. Chicken might be too light, and beef too strong for this wine. One reviewer recommends fish. I would say again a more robust salmon, with an appropriately well-seasoned sauce. One commentator says it would do for a casual dinner, but I think it actually suits a more formal occasion.
Gallo does promote it's winery as an "everyman" wine, but the winery clearly doesn't sacrifice quality for popularity. The Gallo wines have won several awards.
Gallo Family Collection
Based in Modesto, California
An original display of a kaleidoscope of colors
Ernest Gallo, whose full name often figures on the wine bottles, is the son of Italian immigrants. He learned the wine trade through his father's California business. Gallo means rooster in Italian, and hence the rooster logo which fronts the Gallo wine bottles:
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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