Qantas Magazine
January 2010
Sally Gudgeon
When the going gets hot, a well-chilled glass of rosé will keep you in the pink.
Portet understands how to make good rosé. Made from Yarra Valley and Pyrenees fruit, it’s a blend of cabernet, merlot and shiraz. The textured palate has juicy summer berry flavours, bright acid and savoury notes. Chill well.
Nicks Nose Knows
Wine Review
We’re forever being approached by customer, fresh from holiday in southern France where they’ve lazed away the balmy summer evenings sipping dry rosés such as tavel or Cabernet d’ Anjou. Unfortunately, Australian rosés tend to be very fruity with more than a little sweetness on the finish.
Enter Dominique Portet, who has produces a delightful, French inspired rosé. Translucent salmon pink colour with pale damask mauve hue. Subtle aromas of confectionary, cherry and strawberry. The palate displays excellent weight with a creamy like texture. Flavours of ripe cherry, raspberry and confectionary with some spice end notes. Clean crisp dry finish with long aftertaste of cherry, ripe raspberry and confectionary. An excellent example.
Try with goats cheese, ham or smoked salmon ( Portet suggests anything Thai). Drinkk now. 14% Alc./Vol.
Australian Doctor
December 12 2008
Wines of the Week
'Tis the season to be jolly and what better way to achieve this yuletide state than with a glass of delicious, fruit-driven and dry rosé from a boutique winery in the Yarra. Salmon pink in colour, this is what rosé should taste like.
The newly embossed bottle adds to the sense of the occassion.
City Melbourne's Weekly Magazine
November 13 2008
Jeff Gordon
Someone I was drinking with recently asked why there wasn’t more publicity given to rose. No longer an afterthought of winemakers, most Australian rose seeks to follow the more delicate, slightly floral, but dryish/acidic style of the wines of the Loire Valley in France. The beauty of Oz rose is that it is not restricted to grenache but utilises a breadth of grape varieties from cabernet to pinot.
In a recent tasting, most rated highly. Like last year, Dominique Portet’s Yarra Valley blend cabernet, merlot and shiraz was my standout wine, with and without food. A lovely deep pink with hints of orange, this is a great three-season drink. It has some floral aromatics on the nose and a bit of sweetness that is cut by the underpinning acidic finish, albeit slight.
Canberra Times
October 8 2008
Fergus Mc Ghie
If you like your rosé in a super dry style with elegance and delicacy then Dominique Portet’s is the one. Consistently good from vintage to vintage, this year's is true to form, lean crisply dry and with delicate hints of cherry, watermelon and citrus. Truly a rosé style to aspire to, it’s perfect as an aperitif or with light summer dishes
Herald Sun Extra
September 16, 2008
Paddy Kendler
Dominique Portet's first Australian vintages at Taltrani in the Pyrenees produced thumbing, blockbuster reds in the no-compromise, no-prisoners mould. Thirty years later and Portet is crafting some lovely wines in the Yarra Valley, in particular elegant and posed sauvignon blanc and juicy rosé. In this case, delightful aromas and flavours of red and black berries and ripe cherries stand out, and the palate is ever so carefully textured.
Seductive almost dangerously drinkable.
