Charles & Charles, Rose, Columbia Valley

Perfect summer rooftop rose

2022 vintage

Bright and crisp

2022 vintage

A smidge sweeter

2022 vintage

Rich enough to sip with lightly spiced Mexican food. Fruity, with mid weight mouth feel and pleasant acidity.

2022 vintage

Past it’s prime, if you have any drink now.

2016 vintage

From a magnum. Good value from the world headquarters with tart strawberry, watermelon, and citrus flavors. Definitely a drink now if you have a 750; might keep for another year in the large format.

2016 vintage

Rosé léger et agréable par les grosses chaleurs

2016 vintage

A real hit at a summer birthday party with light foods.

2016 vintage

Pale orange-tinged pink in color. Kumquat and dry citrus nose. Strawberry and Crenshaw melon on the mid-palate. One dimensional like a soda pop. Needs more acid to have it really come to life. Very clean and pure otherwise.

2016 vintage

This is impressive for the $10.99 price and what I assume is a massive volume of production. Just really drinkable and not at all overdone.

2016 vintage

Strawberry and melon fruit, zingy acidity, crisp and light. This year is a winner! Drink now.

2016 vintage

Nice refreshing rose with strawberry notes. Does not offend. Body is medium range for a rose.

2016 vintage

A bunch of 2016 Roses (Western Reserve Wines) : A bit deeper in color. The nose has cherries and strawberries. another in a line of "meh" roses. At $13, it is probably fairly priced but just lack much either good or bad. Refreshing for sure.

2016 vintage

Wine is pale-med salmon with medium intensity aroma. Smells of citrus and melon and something a bit spicy, maybe pepper. It's off-dry with medium acidity. The acidity is not real bright and the wine seems a bit thin to me. I pick up more on the peppery/spicy rather than fruity with this rose. It's very drinkable but I've had better 2016s.

2016 vintage

Lovely blush colored rose. Not too sweet, crisp and paired well with a variety of mains, including scallop, lamb, gnocchi - absolutely would enjoy again.

2016 vintage

2017 Austin Food & Wine Festival; 4/29/2017-4/30/2017 (Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX) : A nice quaffable rose for a hot and muggy spring day. Fruity but balanced.

2016 vintage

First Rose of the season. As always, a simple pleasure to drink and at $9 it is a QPR winner. I'll most likely go through a case of this by the end of the summer. 88pts.

2016 vintage

Nice and fruity. Clean finish.

2016 vintage

Pale, light pink in hue. Sweet on the nose and in taste as well. Semi-sweet strawberries. Allow to come up from being chilled, but certainly drink below room temperature.

2011 vintage

Not too sweet, not to dry. Nice.

2011 vintage

Orange/strawberry color, pleasant nose, slight lean to the less dry side of the rose spectrum. Decent pairing with grilled salmon but its' true calling is cocktails at sunset.

2011 vintage

Consistent with prior review - Light orange pink color with strawberry and slightly floral aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, and just a bit flabby with fruity strawberry, cherry and a hint of spice flavors Medium+ finish. Very nice QPR@$10

2011 vintage

Rosé Blindtasting (Paul's Place, San Francisco, California) : Light medium orange pink color; appealing, tart cherry, cranberry nose; tasty, tart cherry, ripe orange, tart cantaloupe palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points (13% alcohol)

2011 vintage

good qpr at 9.99. A lil too sweet for me but nice watermelon, strawberries, peaches, some vanilla. Could use a lil more acids.

2011 vintage

Light orange pink color with strawberry and slightly floral aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, and just a bit flabby with fruity strawberry, cherry and a hint of spice flavors Medium+ finish. Very nice QPR@$10

2011 vintage

what saki846 said

2011 vintage

Enjoyable. On the sweeter side, with hints of strawberry. Don't drink this super chilled, allow it to warm a little.

2011 vintage

Juicy and aromatic and quite delicious. Watermelon and tart strawberries. RS is low and acid is medium +. Not complex but very quaffable and refreshing without any of the cloying sweetness of other inexpensive roses. A little on the light side. Solid value for $12.

2011 vintage

2011 Rosés Part II (Beltramo's, Menlo Park, CA) : Reticent nose, bit of strawberry. Light, simple, strawberry... not much stands out here.

2011 vintage

Beautiful rose in every way - I love the light salmon color and fabulous nose of watermelon, strawberries, and fresh flowers. Bone dry with a great finish. This is going to be my go-to summer rose. For $11 it is amazing. 91

2011 vintage

Solid effort. Good on a hot day.

2011 vintage

WIML88 Tasted non blind. Opened and served immediately. Salmon color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of grapefruit, cherry and a hint of sea spray. Flavors of lime, cherry, a bit of black raspberry and a tiny hint of bubble gum. Medium acidity, light to medium body. Bone dry. Good QPR here. PURPLE says it is more of a roasted chicken than pool wine. I can dig that.

2011 vintage

As a big fan of rose, especially those from Provence, I have to say, this one has little, if any of those flavor and aroma characteristics, but still tastes great. In other words, this rose may be in a class by itself. The color is light pink. The nose seems so light, simple, and bubble gum. The palate, and flavor make a statement all their own with super, super fresh red raspberry and sweet red cherry. We don't expect layers …

2011 vintage

Good drink. Initial the wine had a funky mineral taste, but with time the minerality stabilized and the wine smoothed out. Hints of mint, strawberries, and tart orange. Medium acidity and fruitness. Pleasant.

2009 vintage

Color: pink plus a little brick. Nose: wild strawberries. Taste: strawberry juice. A little sweet, but good acidity to match. Decent finish. Good for the price.

2009 vintage

This is the best rose I have had. Aromas of fresh strawberries and flavors of watermelon, strawberries and light cherry. Ripping acidity the whole way with a mineral feel. ($12)

2009 vintage

Excellent full bodied rose. Huge fruit and just off dry. I will but more.

2009 vintage

Moderate. Both liked. Had again at GJ for dinner.

2008 vintage

This is a fuller bodied wine than one expects from a rose. Absolutely gorgeous color, nose of some strawberry and melon, also more earth than expected. It is a bit fizzy, with deep fruit and a lingering finish. Beneath that was something I could not quite get my arms around, almost herbal, leaf like. Despite that nice acidity, a bit tangy even. I think this wine will be more enjoyed with food than the classic rose on the porch in …

2009 vintage

Just as good as the prior vintage and still one of my very favorite rosés. Packed with berry, citrus and a little spice. Ripe and full-bodied, yet crisp, refreshing and satisfying. An all-around rock star.

2009 vintage

Shockingly extracted, with loads of strawberry fruit, and a zing of acidity that I can feel even after I've swallowed. Went well with my chicken tacos.

2009 vintage

Grapefruit on the nose, grape fruit papaya citrus mineral on pallate

2009 vintage

Consistent with previous note. Love this rose.

2009 vintage

Rhubarb, strawberry, pinepapple. citrus (especially grapefruit). Very complex nose and flavors. This is a super rose. Minerals, tart and acidic, great for food or fun. I accidently left this in the car one afternoon, so perhaps the heat aged this a little quickly, but in comparison to earlier notes I found it had intensity of nose and flavor. I was impressed. Not at all sweet, the fruit hinted of sugar but them the plate realizes the hint that the fruit …

2009 vintage

Provencal in style, but with an added degree of vibrancy and complexity, showing an earthy edge to its red flower, redcurrant, and mineral flavors. Linear, acidic and a touch angular on the palate, but with juicy acidity, and a fresh, clean profile. 87-88

2009 vintage

Consistent with prior bottles. Delightfully dry and crisp, but powerful and bursting with peach and strawberry. Great, great rosé.

2008 vintage

Crisp and dry, with everything you'd hope for in a rose from southern France. Of course, it's from the US... Big hit at a dinner party; everyone put aside the whites with appetizers to get a taste of this. Great for a party with food lovers--enhanced all the foods.

2009 vintage

Almost petullant. 100% Syrah, 100% from some single vineyard. A little bit more skin contact from last year apperently. More extraction this year is the thought.

2009 vintage

Strawberry scent. Red currant and grapefruit flavor. Hint of effervescence.

2009 vintage

Lots of fruity strawberry goodness that's kept in check by a good blast of acidity towards the finish. Full bodied. Like others, it felt like there was a slight hint of effervescence. Very enjoyable. Loved this wine--perfect with the habanero & mango sausages for lunch.

2009 vintage

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