The Tablas Creek Vineyard Dianthus 2024 is a blend of four estate-grown varieties propagated from budwood cuttings from the Chateau de Beaucastel estate. The blend incorporates the Rose traditions of the southern Rhone, taking its Mourvedre foundation from the solid, dry Roses of Bandol and incorporating the structure of skin contact from the rich, juicy Grenache-based Tavel. Dianthus refers to a genus of flowering plants known for their deep pink blossoms and known colloquially to gardeners as "pinks".
All the grapes for this wine come from Tablas Creek's biodynamically farmed vineyard. A blend of 42% Mourvèdre, 40% Grenache, 13 Counoise, and 5% Cinsaut, this wine has a lovely deep peach color. On the nose, a powerful combination of blood orange and juniper, spiced plum and smoky minerality. The mouth is rich with raspberry and rhubarb fruit, creamy texture, and a vibrant line of acidity that leaves a lingering impression of plum skin, rose petals, and briny sea spray. A rosé to convert people who don't think pink wines can be serious. Drink before the end of 2025.
ANTONIO GALLONI'S VINOUS MEDIA 93 POINTS - "The 2025 Dianthus mixes wild flowers with wet stones, nuances of dried apricot and a lifting whiff of split pine. It opens with a pretty inner sweetness, displaying silken textures contrasted by mineral-infused orchard fruits. It leaves a pleasantly chewy sensation, the senses salivating as a saline inflection and hints of sour citrus linger. This is stunning, but don't be afraid to lose a few bottles in the cellar for a few years."
All the grapes for this wine come from Tablas Creek's biodynamically farmed vineyard. A blend of 42% Mourvèdre, 40% Grenache, 13 Counoise, and 5% Cinsaut, this wine has a lovely deep peach color. On the nose, a powerful combination of blood orange and juniper, spiced plum and smoky minerality. The mouth is rich with raspberry and rhubarb fruit, creamy texture, and a vibrant line of acidity that leaves a lingering impression of plum skin, rose petals, and briny sea spray. A rosé to convert people who don't think pink wines can be serious. Drink before the end of 2025.
ANTONIO GALLONI'S VINOUS MEDIA 93 POINTS - "The 2025 Dianthus mixes wild flowers with wet stones, nuances of dried apricot and a lifting whiff of split pine. It opens with a pretty inner sweetness, displaying silken textures contrasted by mineral-infused orchard fruits. It leaves a pleasantly chewy sensation, the senses salivating as a saline inflection and hints of sour citrus linger. This is stunning, but don't be afraid to lose a few bottles in the cellar for a few years."
