Susucaru 2

[slaton]

Frank Cornelissen "Susucaru 2" Rosato (2008)

After reading the mostly horrific community notes on this wine (including Cory's) I can only conclude I'm rolling twenties* with this bottle.

Positively electric orange-ruby grapefruit kool-aid color. Cloudy as hell.

Despite being a rosato, this is firmly in the orange wine camp in terms of style. That is, lambic type aromatics suggesting a gueze blended with fresh apricots and blood orange. Great palate with fresh macerated orchard fruits turning to astringent, grippy tannins. Very tart and a bit bretty like a good gueze.

At 14.5 percent EtOH, per the label, this isn't gunshy but this bottle wasn't spirity or warm in any noticeable way.

Anyway, this was $25 and surprisingly worth it, if your bottle in any way resembles this one.

For the nerds - we stood this upright a few days and then poured it off the sediment Ned-style. The bottom tenth of the bottle (with most of the sediment) was far less enjoyable. It showed best with a chill.

* snicker-snack.

 

[Joel Stewart]

Nice work. Interesting the lambic notes. Was this sulfured?

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Amazing color. Interesting calligraphic script on the label, as if subliminally geared towards the Japanese market.

 

[Matteo Mollo]

No SO2 on this wine (Says Frank).

 

[scottreiner]

frank claims to use no sulfur, and i can sense none after drinking multiple bottles.

 

[MarkS]

Wow. That color looks like Faygo Redpop. Wonder what it's like frozen?

 

[Yule Kim]

Glad to hear you rolled a "critical hit" with a vorpal sword.

 

[lars makie]

Had the pleasure of drinking one a few weeks ago and had a very similar experience. I thought it was quite tasty and quite fun. And yes, it hides it's 14.5 pretty well.

As for the color, if I remember correctly (and according to the picture I took) it was actually a bit lighter; more 'pink' (though I remember thinking that it sure didn't look like a ros). So, I believe the color in Slaton's post is a bit darker via lighting and contrast.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by slaton:

After reading the mostly horrific community notes on this wine (including Cory's) I can only conclude I'm rolling twenties* with this bottle.

Ooooh, how geeky, Slaton. Good to see a note from you again.

Mark Lipton

 

[slaton]

If anything, the photos understate how wildly colored this was. It more closely resembled a SoBe drink than any wine I've previously seen.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Yule Kim:
Glad to hear you rolled a "critical hit" with a vorpal sword.

Do I go for the a Lewis Carroll reference or a Greyhawk reference? I can't make up my mind...

 

[Brézème]

originally posted by scottreiner:
frank claims to use no sulfur, and i can sense none after drinking multiple bottles.

Wow, impressive. I could spare some money with a palate like this

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Brzme:

originally posted by scottreiner:
frank claims to use no sulfur, and i can sense none after drinking multiple bottles.

Wow, impressive. I could spare some money with a palate like this

All that nuclear power in France has messed up the sulfur detector in your nose.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Do I go for the a Lewis Carroll reference or a Greyhawk reference? I can't make up my mind...

I vote for Greyhawk.

 

[Lee Short]

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Yule Kim:
Glad to hear you rolled a "critical hit" with a vorpal sword.

Do I go for the a Lewis Carroll reference or a Greyhawk reference?

Yes.

 

[Mike Klein]

I'm batting .500 with this wine. My first bottle was delightful as you described and the other - not so much.