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Focus US Rose
palate juicy and bright, like a cool evening
Oregon breeze. -P.J.C. (113 cases) §
524989

90 | Coelho

$25

2020 Willamette Valley Estates Reserve
Pinot Noir Rosé ^ Heady scents of plump
cherries with a hint of cantaloupe are held
in suspension by a salty, brambly savor. Chill
it down for raw prawns. -P.J.C. (112 cases) §
524925

90 | Elevée Winegrowers

90 | Raptor Ridge

$20

2019 Willamette Valley Vineyard Select
Rosé ^ Bright and tense with citrus scents giving way to pineapple, what seems like a broad
wine at first turns into a study in lime: juicy, a
touch green, with a fresh, firm texture that's
ideal for salmon sashimi. -P.J.C. (569 cases)

OREGON AVA

$26

2019 Willamette Valley Three Martins
Rosé of Pinot Noir ^ Almost austere, this rosé
offers a sourdough leesiness to go along with
a mild saline accent. The subtle strawberry
flavors have gentle persistence and vitality.
For smoked salmon. -P.J.C. (200 cases) §

$15

2020 Oregon Rock Point Pinot Noir Rosé
(Best Buy) ^ The scents of citrus and gunflint
may say edgy and austere. But the wine itself
is juicy and vibrant, with an inviting texture,
sour cherry flavors and just enough phenolic
bite to make you hungry, perhaps for a fried
chicken sandwich. -P.J.C. (722 cases) §
524927

90 | King Estate

COLUMBIA VALLEY
524957

92 | Gramercy Cellars

$22

91 | Browne Family

$25

90 | Julia's Dazzle

$18

2020 Columbia Valley Olsen Vineyard
Rosé ^ Blended from grenache, syrah and
cinsault, this wine is an umami sensation,
its scents of stonefruit and a spritz of lime
overlaid by mouthfilling salinity. It's defined
by its long mineral finish. Tasted just weeks
after bottling; this is likely to fill out and relax
over the next few months. -P.J.C. (500 cases) §
524955
2020 Columbia Valley Grenache Rosé ^
Leading with an umami savor, this wine has
a mushroomy thrust in its scent with overlying fruit notes of apple and pear. The flavors
are concentrated and focused by a saline note
that leaves the texture in a grip of minerals
and malic acid. -P.J.C. (4,000 cases) §
524956

524973

90 | Del Rio

WASHINGTON

$20

2020 Columbia Valley Long Shadows
Rosé ^ Pinot gris from the Benchlands Vineyard overlooking the Columbia River, these
grapes are left on the vine until their skins
color up, producing a grippy, feisty pink
wine. It smells of guava and strawberries,
with a pithy mineral note and muscular tannins that beg for smoked trout. -P.J.C. §

HORSE HEAVEN HILLS

2020 Willamette Valley Rosé of Pinot
Noir ^ Coursing with wild red berry flavors,
this wine feels focused and bright at first go.
With air, pink grapefruit notes come to the
fore, the texture silky and mildly lactic on the
back end, but carrying its modest richness
with youthful energy. -P.J.C. (1,800 cases) §
§

524964

90 | Canoe Ridge Vineyard $15

2020 Horse Heaven Hills Expedition Rosé
(Best Buy) ^ Scents of wood smoke and narcissus put this wine into a savory realm. It's
broad and toothy on the palate; the dark
cherry flavors are forthright, leavened by
a whiff of nutty lees. A lot of wine for the
money. -P.J.C. (2,000 cases) §
524965

89 | H3

524970

90 | Underwood

524993

90 | Willamette Valley
Vineyards

$18

2020 Willamette Valley Whole Cluster
Rosé of Pinot Noir ^ This pink is simple and
delicious, with delicate scents of cherries and
a salty, leesy savor. Fermented with whole
clusters, it has tension and a mouthwatering briskness; for smoked whitefish. -P.J.C. §
524992
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$14

2019 Oregon Rosé (Best Buy) ^ A steal at the
price, this fresh rosé displays citrus notes
both on the nose and on the palate. It's got
a lively sweet-lemon scent, high toned and
a touch rich at once, with flavors of orange
water and fruit blossom petal. -P.J.C. §
524918

90 | Erath

$14

2019 Oregon Rosé of Pinot Noir (Best Buy) ^
This pale pink has rich flavors of guava and
banana along with strawberry accents. Its
simplicity is its strength, the mix of fruit balanced and buoyed by vibrant acidity. -P.J.C. §

$15

2019 Horse Heaven Hills Rosé (Best Buy) ^
Youthful and bright, this has tart scents of
rhubarb and a core of fraises des bois. Mildly
bitter phenolics give the wine an attractive
edge. A food rosé, for vitello tonnato. -P.J.C. §

WASHINGTON AVA
524986

90 | 14 Hands

$12

2019 Washington State Rosé (Best Buy) ^
Twelve dollars is a steal for this balanced,
satisfying rosé with straightforward scents of
cherry blossom and strawberries. Bright and
relaxed with a languid texture, this wine's
vibrant acids give it a lemony lift. Buy by the
case for summer picnics. -P.J.C. § ●

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