The 2008 ROSE is a blend of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca, coming in at 12.5% alcohol. This is a charming and easygoing pink, focused and elegant in the mid-palate, aromatic, dry, friendly and crisp. Its fruit is pure and flavorful. This will be just what a lot of rose fanciers want. It will be at its best this summer. Drink now-2011. CARM is one of the Douro’s under-the-radar producers, which is unfortunate since they always provide some bang for the buck. The ‘07s are nice examples of that. Note that I’ve dropped the parenthetical clarification I previously used for CARM’S producer name (explaining that CARM means Casa Agricola Roboredo Madeira). The “Roboredo Madeira” is clear enough on most of the labels anyway.Importer: Grape Moments, a Division of Sintra Imports, New Bedford, MA; tel. (508) 997-0100.