Chateau Simone Palette Rosé 2001

Chateau Simone Rosé 2001: A moderately deep pink hue, with quite some vibrancy. This is no vin gris. Leafy, liquorice-laced summer fruit pudding on the nose. Fairly rounded palate, somewhat soft and unfocussed on entry, and in need of some verve and sharper acidity. But the flavours are good, mirroring the nose, and they flourish and reveal more through the midpalate. Plenty of body and a good, grippy, perhaps alcohol-influenced feel to the finish. Decent stuff indeed. 15.5/20 (25/4/05)