Château d’Aqueria, Tavel (Rhône Valley, France) 2022

 There was a time before Rosés became commonplace – a great development – that those which carried any cache were from long-designated pink regions, mainly Anjou in the Loire and Tavel in the Rhône.  As the world of Rosé blossomed, much of the focus shifted to the elegant sipping pinks of Provence and less attention given today to pinks as food wines (add Bordeaux Clairets to that food-friendly list, by the way).  D’Aqueria has been around a long time and is ready available, readily reliable and readily affordable.  This vintage is a lovely wine – a mixture of cherries, strawberries and lots of herbal garrigue, leaning toward the aromatics category, with considerably more gravitas in the glass than most pink wines.