Wine&Spirits: 90pts - Year's Best Rosé
Angela Osborne makes one of California’s most delicate rosés under her A Tribute to Grace label; the wine she makes for Kim and Andrew Busch’s estate project is similarly cool and lifted. Made from grenache grown on a hillside between the warmer Ballard Canyon and cooler Sta. Rita Hills, it moves from a sunny cantaloupe flavor to a more savory scent of thyme. “It’s fresh and bright,” said Gianpaolo Paterlini of Acquerello, “and long for a rosé.” Match it with an aromatic, saffron-heavy paella. (495 cases)