They Lost Money Making This Rosé. He Didn't Care.

Les Hauts de Smith Bordeaux Rosé 2024 Link to the wine: https://www.winex.com/les-hauts-de-smith-bordeaux-rose-2024-pre-arrival.html Join our Daily Email Offer List: https://cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/f3da488a-d10b-11ee-94a3-62718bdc6118 A few years ago, when Daniel and Florence Cathiard visited Wine Exchange, Florence told us they actually lost money producing this bottle, but Daniel loved rosé so much that he insisted on continuing to make it. Sadly, Daniel passed away this past year, but when we saw Florence again in Bordeaux, she told us the rosé would continue to be made in his honor. That makes a wine we've loved selling year after year feel particularly special today. The 2024 Les Hauts de Smith Rosé is made from 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot from the Cathiards' own vineyards, serious Bordeaux fruit that could otherwise find its way into considerably more expensive wines. The cooler 2024 vintage gives this salmon-colored rosé terrific freshness, with juicy watermelon and strawberry fruit balanced by bright, mouthwatering acidity. It's also a more substantial style of rosé, closer philosophically to wines from Bandol or Tavel than a simple drink-it-immediately summer bottle, and a little time has only helped it come together. Refreshing, flavorful and dangerously easy to drink, it's exactly the sort of bottle we imagine Daniel enjoying on a warm Bordeaux afternoon. We're grateful Florence intends to keep the tradition alive.