2019 Rock Angel is a suave and centred wine and while it retains some of the frivolity of Whispering Angel, with tender moments and hypnotic pink grapefruit and melon tones, it has depth, tonality and, crucially, a long, dry and masterful, finish. I would wager that most wine-keen folk, who happily bathe in Whispering without really giving it a second thought, would fall off their sunbeds if they tasted this wine and found out that they could trade up for less than a tenner.”
Priced at a few pounds more expensive than Whispering Angel, Rock Angel is a very different proposition to its superstar stablemate. If Whispering caresses the palate in an alluring, comehither manner, Rock aims squarely at your heart and unleashes a direct onslaught of emotional flavour. Indeed it rocks the foundations of your olfactory system. In this regard, it is far more aligned with the two Grands Crus in the Lichine portfolio, Les Clans and Garrus, but given that these two pioneering wines retail for approximately £55 and £95, respectively, you will sense that I find Rock Angel a very inviting proposition indeed, not least from a rapport qualité prix perspective.
In the absence of a marketing bollocks thread, I hope you don't mind me posting this here as an example of why I loathe sales blurbs for wine - and I say this as someone who gets paid to come up with marketing bollocks for a living. I guess the wine could be quite nice, but after reading this I can't face the idea of buying some to try...
