La Nuit en Rosé 2018

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La Nuit en Rosé is the “world’s first festival dedicated exclusively to rosé wine” whose mission is to showcase the versatility and diversity of rosé. In addition to the event in New York City they have held the festival in Miami, Los Angeles and the Hamptons.

In New York the event was held on May 18 & 19 on the Hornblower yacht which is docked at Pier 40 on the west side of Manhattan.  They featured 100+ rosé plus food stations. Most of the wines poured were French with other countries thrown in here and there.

To me, rosé are like the sweatpants of the wine world, casual and comfortable and nothing to make a fuss about, if it’s dry I’ll drink it. On this Saturday afternoon Mother Nature did not cooperate as is was cold and rainy, but with a boatload of all you can drink rosé, a DJ and a dancefloor, the weather didn’t stop people from enjoying themselves.

Some of what I sampled:

 

French

NV Veuve Ambal Brut

NV De Chanceny Cremont de Loire Brut

NV GH Mumm Brut Rosé

NV Veuve du Vernay

NV Leoube

2017 AIX (Methuselah)

2017 Remy Pannier Rosé de Loire

2017 Listel Grain de Gris

2017 Domaine D’Hondrant Elle & Lui

2017 Diving Into Hampton Water

2017 Triennes

2017 La Chapelle Gordonne

2016 Mouton Cadet

2017 Romance du Loire Saumur

2017 Cantarelle Riviera Bistro

2017 Domaine Montrose

2017 Aime Roquesante

2017 Lurton Fumees Blanches

Others

2017 Day Owl

2017 Bonterra

2017 Frescobaldi Alie

2017 Danzante