A Rose by Every Other Name
Rosé wine is booming, but myths (and secrets) linger
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2021 Collavini Rosé Rame Venezia Giulia
Collavini’s rosato is a blend of Pinot noir and Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, hand harvested, partially de-stemmed, treated to a short maceration, and fermented…
2021 Gérard Bertrand Rosé Gris Blanc Pays d’Oc
Bertrand’s pink wine is a mix of Grenache noir and Grenache gris, hand harvested, direct pressed, and fermented cool to retain aromatics. Bertrand supports…
2021 Adami Prosecco Col Fondo Brut Nature Sui Lieviti Conegliano Valdobbiadene
Adami’s un-disgorged, sui lieviti wine is pale straw yellow and lightly cloudy, as expected. The aromas are at first grassy and herbaceous, suggesting something…
2021 Drusian Prosecco Brut Nature Sui Lieviti Conegliano Valdobbiadene
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Sui Lieviti wines are always 100 percent Glera, hand-harvested. The wines earn their sparkle in the bottle (versus autoclave tank, where most…
2019 Hawk and Horse Vineyards Sparkling Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé Red Hills Lake County
This vintage traditional method rosé from Hawk and Horse uses biodynamically farmed Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is the color of pink tourmaline and animated…
2020 Domaine des Sanzay Rosé Saumur
This is a pressed wine, one hundred percent Cabernet Franc, organically grown on forty-year-old vines. The fruit is pressed, fermented with ambient yeasts in…
2021 Joseph-Jibril Pinot Noir Rosé Russian River Valley
I can’t be impartial about this wine, because Jaam Moynihan, who is one half of the Joseph-Jibril team, is something of a protegé. I’ve…
NV Berlucchi Rosé ’61 Franciacorta
In 1961, friends Guido Berlucchi, Franco Zillani, and Giorgio Lanciani decided to launch a sparkling wine project: Franciacorta. This wine, a nonvintage rosé sparkler,…
2018 Ca’ dei Zago Prosecco Valdobbiadene
Ca’ dei Zago’s vintage Prosecco is a col fondo, the ancient method that gives the wine its glitter from a second fermentation in bottle….
2020 Kir-Yianni Xinomavro Rosé L’Esprit du Lac Vieilles Vignes Amyndeon
Kir-Yianni’s rosé is made from Xinomavro grown on 60-year-old vines in Amyndeon, in northwestern Greece, where soils are poor and sandy. This is a…
2019 Domaine de Reuilly Pinot Gris Rosé Reuilly
I love this vin gris of Pinot gris. The fruit is biodynamically grown, then pressed with sufficient skin contact to create a wine that’s…