Wine of the Day: Buckel Family Wine 2020 Pétillant Rosé
November 16, 2022: A pretty, lightly spicy blend of syrah and cinsault from Colorado
This 2021 Colorado Governor’s Cup winner is the first wine I’ve tried from Buckel Family Wine — and it’s quite a place to start.
Made from a blend of syrah and cinsault grapes (I have a bottle of still, red cinsault from Buckel to taste as well), it smells like just-crushed red raspberries and cranberries with hints of apple skin, melon, and spice on a …