Anyone looking for a summer pink

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this is an older thread, but am just finding that I like roses. The Spanish one I've had have been sort of boring, light, and didn't stand up well to foods.
I had the Big House Pink at a tasting and liked it, however, no one here carries it.
But then we started getting this one---

Topic: TN: 2001 Goats du Roam Rose

Charles Back winery in the Paarl Valley of South Africa has been making these good little South African ''copies'' of traditional Rhone blends for some time, and I''ve liked them all but this 2001 rose is perhaps the best of the lot so far.

Blended from 30% pinotage, about 20% each grenache and gamay noir, and lesser amounts of cinsault, carignan, pinot noir, muscat de frontiganan and syrah, this splendid wine delivers aromatics of watermelon, strawberry and white pepper with same in the mouth plus cranberry, sweet butter and shiso leaf. The finish is bone dry. I purchased it for about $9 direct from the importer, Southern Hemisphere Wines in Huntington Beach, CA. Terrific wine, terrific value

I could have written that review!

Enjoy,
Nan