Lopez de Heredia Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rosado 2012
I celebrated my last weekend as a father-of-one with my ultimate rosé bucket-list wine – Tondonia Rosado.
Colour: strawberry juice.
Nose: underripe strawberries, sherry, oak, a damp mushroom cellar.
Palate: tart red berries, dried orange peel, walnut.
Complex, with a long finish – but even more striking is how fresh it still is. Quite similar to their Tondonia Blanco and Gravonia, but with that splash of red berries and orange that gives away it’s a rosé.
I'm very happy to have finally ticked this wine off my list and put an end to the FOMO it had caused me – though it isn't the best rosé I've ever had!
The poor value for money may well play a part (I bought it for DKK 945 ≈ 126 € 😬).
For my palate it's a touch too bone-dry and austere.
Rosés I've enjoyed more – in the sense that I found them harder to stop sipping – include Clos Cibonne Cuvée des Vignettes, Dominio del Águila Pícaro Clarete, and Dido La Solució Rosa. (That said, I'm judging by subjective enjoyment, not objective quality.)
Paired with kale pie (worked well, though not as well as a Cru Beaujolais), and an arrack truffle ball (perfect match).