The 12 LI Wines of Christmas: #8 Corey Creek 2006 Domaines CC Rose
This post is a part of my 12 Long Island Wines for Christmas series
that will run from now until Christmas 2007. See the entire series here.
As long-time reader reminded me this morning (thanks for the note Chris), there were a ton of great roses released this year. Regardless of varietal composition or style, it just seemsedlike Long Island winemakers just did a great job with rose from the 2006 vintage.
In fact, much like choosing a Channing Daughters white the other day, choosing a rose from the plethora of great ones was difficult. So this time around, I’m trusting Nena’s palate. My wife is lover of dry rose and this was far and away her favorite pink drink this year. And, it’s just what I like in rose as well.
Long sold out, Corey Creek’s 2006 Domaine CC Rose ($16) was a relative in a region where some wineries bargain almost $20 for rose. Perfect for spring and summer sipping, this blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot was a
pretty pale pink and offered plenty of cherry, peach and cherry blossom flavors with fresh, tongue-tingling acidity.
We plowed through nearly case of it this spring and when we discovered it on a wine list at a local restaurant, Nena had more of it there.
MY FAVORITE SUMMER WINE EVER!!!!
No, really, I like it lots.
Lenn… just stumbled across a wine shop in Connecticut that had 4 bottles of the CC 2007 Rose’ for $10.99!! I say had, because I bought all of them. I tossed in another 8 bottles of wine and with a 10% discount got the rose’ for $9.90. (I also tossed in 2 bottles of Bedell’s 2007 first crush red for only 12.99 per bottle, or 11.70 after discount).
I’m finally starting to see a few wine shops in CT carry some limited LI bottles - - though at this point it is still limited mostly to Pindar, Bedell, and Pellegrini; but progress is progress so I won’t complain much!