We’ve been fans of Pollak Vineyards since our first visit almost 2 years ago.  While we haven’t loved every wine we’ve tried there enough to bring it home with us, we’ve enjoyed most of what we’ve tried.  When we’ve subsequently opened the wines at home, we’ve continued to be happy with our purchases.  Apparently all good things must come to an end, and we recently opened a bottle that was not doing it for us.

The wine was the ’09 rosé.  We bought it during the winter so we’d have some pink wine on hand for when things started to heat up in the spring.  Thankfully for us, the spring was fairly cool, so we didn’t turn to pink wines until recently.  When we opened this bottle, we noted a somewhat chemical nose that had slight hints of acetone.  As i sipped, these chemical notes were definitely less noticeable, but they were still there at the edges.  Most of what I was getting at this point was that fake strawberry flavor you get from some candy.  There was also some black pepper and a slight hint of something herbal that makes me think cab franc is definitely a part of the blend.

Oh well – I’ve had enough good experiences with Pollak that I’m still looking forward to future tastes of their wines.