Black Label Cuvée Rosé

The wine

Mostly dry, with the acidity doing the structural work. Bright red berries and peach sit on a lively line, and the sweetness stays in the background. That balance is the glass.

Strawberry, red currant, and citrus blossom open the aroma. The blossom is a lift over the berries, light and clean. Red currant keeps the strawberry from reading as candy. Peach arrives with the fruit in the mouth, and the acid keeps both vivid. Peach rounds the middle without adding sugar you can point at. Lively acidity is the through-line: it makes the mostly dry frame feel deliberate, and it makes the finish feel clean rather than cut off. The dryness is still readable there. Another sip comes easily.

Eighty-two is for a rosé that stays bright and mostly dry. Strawberry and red currant, a citrus-blossom nose, peach on the palate, lively acid, a clean berry-citrus close. Serve it well chilled. A few degrees off the fridge, the peach comes forward and the blossom stays. It suits a warm evening or a salty plate. The fruit is generous. The frame does not go soft.