50 Shades of Pink - Everything You Need to Know About Rosé
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50 SHADES OF PINK
Rosé is the ultimate wine; when springtime love hits, when the grill is lit - in short: when you really want to have fun, nothing beats a good glass of rosé.
Here are our 7 best tips on why you should open a bottle of good rosé today.
1: It's not embarrassing to drink Rosé
Compared to its red and white cousins, Rosé is still perceived by some people as a mediocre, low-priced wine.
In our world, Rosé haters are either: A) sad, boring people who believe that "pink is for girls" or B) poor people who at an early age have been exposed to cheap products like pink Lambrusco for 20 kroner a bottle - it's squeaky sweet and mass-produced and therefore they conclude that all Rosé is some characterless blob.
Of course there is shoddy Rosé - just like there is shoddy red and white wine! The solution is quite simple: Ditch the big bag-in-box with pink dishwashing liquid, and you'll be fine. There is really good quality rosé that isn't much more expensive than the big Bag in Box, but is a whole lot better.
If you know a rosé hater who needs to be converted, our best bet is a light therapy with a chilled and refreshing southern French rosé, for example Montrose Prestige Rosé:
2: You don't make Rosé by mixing Red Wine and White Wine
Most Rosé is made by allowing the juice from the freshly pressed grapes to sit with the red grape skins in the first fermentation process (Maceration). After anything from a few hours to several days, the grape juice is strained and fermented in large tanks.
The longer the grape skins remain with the wine, the darker the color of the finished Rosé.
Red wine is actually made in the same way. The flesh of red grapes is light (or white if you prefer) and produces clear grape juice, so in principle you can make any kind of wine from them. It is the amount of time the grape juice spends with the red grape skins that determines whether the wine will be White, Rosé or Red.
3: Rosé is made all over the world, from almost all types of grapes.
Rosé is not from one specific grape or one specific region; it is a type of wine, just like Red Wine and White Wine.
The largest Rosé producers are France, Spain, Italy and the USA, but lovely and exciting Rosé is also made in Chile, Australia, Germany and many other countries.
One of our own favorites is the elegant Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Rosé, made from the Spätburgunder grape - the German name for Pinot Noir. Incredibly tasty and delicious.
4: Rosé - the newer, the better
Unlike Red Wine and Helen Mirren, Rosé doesn't get better with age - so there's no reason to fill your cellar with Rosé for the next 50 years. With a few exceptions, your rosé should be drunk while it's young and fresh.
5: The most important question when buying Rosé: Is it DRY?
Dry = not sweet. That's what we're looking for when we drink Rosé; a wine that's fresh with good acidity, without extra sugar to mask its minerals/fruit and other aromas - Remember, it was the squeaky sweet mass-produced Lambrusco that gave Rosé a bad reputation to begin with.
6: When in doubt, choose something from France, especially Provence.
France is the world champion in dry Rosé and you can almost never go wrong with something from Provence, the Rhône or the Loire Valley.
A good choice could be Domaines Ott , who almost single-handedly put Rosé on the world map or if you prefer a sparkling alternative; Belaire Rosé
If you're not into French, a Spanish Rosado like Audacia might be preferable. Here you get lots of freshness and aromatic fruit. The Spanish Rosé is also less hyped, which makes it very easy to get close to, price-wise.
7: You can/must drink Rosé with the barbecue
Calling wine "Good with food" is a bit of a cliché, but in the case of Rosé, it's not entirely wrong.
Rosé is not as intense as a heavy red wine with lots of tannin, but it still has more depth than a super light white wine.
Rosé is almost the golden mean - in terms of taste - which means you can find a Rosé that suits most foods and especially for the Danish BBQ season, where a good Rosé can be the icing on the cake on a cozy evening.
Rosé is perfect for the barbecue, at the beach, on a picnic or when you're having a Game of Thrones marathon.
2 comments
Hej Pia
Tak for din kommentar. Der er heldigvis masser af dejlige hvidvine at vælge mellem, som også har lidt af den sødme du efterspørger. Prøv fx en Prosecco (italiensk vin med bobler) eller vin lavet på Moscatodruen, det kunne være denne her fra Australien, som smager rigtig dejligt: https://tastingclub.dk/collections/hvidvin-rose/products/river-retreat-moscato-2013-trentham
mvh Jens – Tastingclub
jeg drikker ikke vin overhovedet, men vil gerne igang.. drikker verdi, når jeg drikker noget.
men har i andre forslag det skal være sødt enten hvidvin eller rose vin…
på forhånd tak