Rose Wine Roundup, 2024 Releases
The weather is getting warmer and it’s almost time to head to the pool. That means it’s time to pour some rosé! To be honest though, rosés can and should be enjoyed throughout the year. Once upon a time, rosés were overly sweet and disappointingly one-dimensional, but those days are long gone. Today, rosés are often quite dry, offer subtle complexity, and pair well with a variety of foods. For this roundup, we’re sampling a range of rosés from several regions and made from various grapes. Let’s see what they have to offer.
2023 AIX Rosé – 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 20% Cinsault from Provence, France. Fruity on the nose, the wine shows lovely notes of strawberry and peach. The palate follows nicely with gentle, balanced notes of juicy strawberry, peach, light citrus, and a touch of cream. Medium acidity promises this will go well with food but can also be enjoyed on its own. I would pair it with a salad with goat cheese and raspberry vinaigrette. This is a good example of classic Provence rosé. A- / $24
2023 Monte’s Cherub Rosé – 85% Syrah, 15% Grenache from Valle de Colchagua, Chile. Pale salmon in color, this wine shows bright fruity notes of strawberry and a touch of cantaloupe on the nose and palate. It is lightly sweet, has high acidity, and finishes with limestone minerality. Try this with summer salads. Its acidity will cut through oil-based dressings beautifully. B+ / $20
2023 Alta Vista Vive Malbec Rosé – 100% Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina. Strawberry cream, lemon, and minerality come together nicely on the nose and palate of this very dry rosé. The wine shows medium acidity as well as a medium length finish. The wine’s dryness and balance would pair well with chicken teriyaki. B / $13
2023 Louis Jadot Rosé – 100% Gamay from Burgundy, France. This is a lighter wine that offers gentle notes of raspberry and lemon on the nose and palate. The wine offers some complexity with medium acidity and nice, flinty minerality. This would pair brilliantly with lighter fare, such as poached fish or steamed clams. B / $17
2022 Castello di Titignano Pinot Nero Rosé – 100% Pinot Nero from Umbria, Italy. Light ballerina pink in color, this wine has an unusual nose of sharp pineapple and grapefruit. Despite the fruity aroma, the wine is quite dry on the palate, offering ruby red grapefruit notes accentuated by nice minerality and high acidity. Altogether, this is a refreshing and surprisingly complex rosé. It could stand up to heartier fare than is usually paired with rosés, including grilled salmon, BBQ chicken, or even a burger. A- / $20
2022 Castello di Titignano Pinot Nero Rosé
$20
