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Rosé Wines

Rosé Wines

Rosé wines, fresh, aromatic and with splendid soft or bright hues, are widespread and appreciated all over the world and have nothing to envy from the more classic white and red wines. They are produced from black grapes, reducing the maceration time in contact with the skins compared to red wine, it making so that the wine is only slightly coloured. The result, depending on the grape variety chosen, vinification and ageing, is fresh, light rosé wines or medium-structured, more intense and aromatic rosé wines. Among the most popular rosé wines are certainly the Provençal wines, which are to be sipped strictly with a sea view, and, of course, the rosé Champagnes, which are bubbles of great elegance. Find the best Rosé wine deals online on Callmewine.

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Rosé Wines
252 results
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Schiava 'Para Se' Agricola Mos 2024
1/3
Slowine
Agricola Mos
2024 | 75 cl / 11% | Trentino (Italy)
15,30 
15,30 
TOP SELLER  last month
Chiaretto 'Rosa dei Frati' Ca' dei Frati 2024
Ca' dei Frati
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
13,00 
13,00 
TOP SELLER  last month
Rosato 'Alie Ammiraglia' Frescobaldi 2024
89/100
Veronelli
91/100
James Suckling
Frescobaldi
2024 | 75 cl / 12% | Toscana (Italy)
11,90 
11,90 
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 'Rosa-ae' Torre dei Beati 2024
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Torre dei Beati
2024 | 75 cl / 14% | Abruzzo (Italy)
13,40 
13,40 
Rosé 'Whispering Angel' Chateau d'Esclans 2022
91/100
James Suckling
89/100
Robert Parker
Château d'Esclans
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Provenza (France)
26,00 €23,30 
23,30 
Rosato 'Kamì' Fiorano 2023
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Agricola Fiorano
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Marche (Italy)
11,40 
11,40 
TOP SELLER  on Callmewine
Rosato 448 slm Girlan 2024
Girlan
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
8,80 
8,80 
'Pfefferer Pink' Colterenzio 2023
Colterenzio
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
11,90 
11,90 
Last One Left!
Rosato 'Calafuria' Tormaresca-Antinori 2024
Tormaresca - Antinori
2024 | 75 cl / 12% | Puglia (Italy)
12,40 
12,40 
TOP SELLER  on Callmewine
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 'Tralcetto' Zaccagnini 2024
Zaccagnini
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Abruzzo (Italy)
8,90 €7,60 
7,60 
TOP SELLER  on Callmewine
Primitivo Rosato 'Aka' Produttori di Manduria 2024
3/4
Vitae AIS
Produttori di Manduria
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Puglia (Italy)
9,00 
9,00 
Pfefferer Pink' Colterenzio 2024
Colterenzio
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
11,30 
11,30 
'K Rosé' Cantina di Caldaro Kaltern 2023
Cantina di Caldaro - Kellerei Kaltern
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
11,50 
11,50 
K Rosé' Cantina di Caldaro Kaltern 2024
Cantina di Caldaro - Kellerei Kaltern
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
11,00 
11,00 
Only 3 left!
Schiava 'Para Se' Agricola Mos 2023
1/3
Slowine
Agricola Mos
2023 | 75 cl / 11% | Trentino (Italy)
15,80 
15,80 
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 'Giusi' Terraviva 2023
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Terraviva
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Abruzzo (Italy)
15,50 
15,50 
Rosato 'Kamì' Fiorano 2024
Agricola Fiorano
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Marche (Italy)
10,90 €9,80 
9,80 
'Susucaru Rosato' Frank Cornelissen 2024
Cornelissen Frank
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
29,00 
29,00 
Only 3 left!
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Superiore 'Villa Gemma' Masciarelli 2023
4/5
Bibenda
91/100
James Suckling
88/100
Robert Parker
Masciarelli
2023 | 75 cl / 14% | Abruzzo (Italy)
21,00 
21,00 
'Lumera' Donnafugata 2024
Donnafugata
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
13,00 
13,00 
Tinetta La Bollina 2023
2/3
Gambero Rosso
La Bollina
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Piemonte (Italy)
10,40 
10,40 
Tinetta La Bollina 2024
2/3
Gambero Rosso
La Bollina
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Piemonte (Italy)
11,00 
11,00 
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 'Chronicon' Zaccagnini 2024
Zaccagnini
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Abruzzo (Italy)
11,20 
11,20 
'Susucaru Rosato' Frank Cornelissen 2023
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Cornelissen Frank
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
30,00 
30,00 
Cabernet Franc Rosé 'L'Original' Domaine Clo 2022
Domaine Clo
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Valle della Loira (France)
10,80 €9,70 
9,70 
Rosé 'Vivo del Aire' Torresano
Torresano
75 cl / 13% | Castiglia La Mancia (Spain)
12,30 €8,60 
8,60 
Rosé de Provence 'M de Minuty' Chateau Minuty 2024
Château Minuty
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Provenza (France)
19,80 
19,80 
Chiaretto del Garda '18 e Quarantacinque' Citari 2024
Citari
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Lombardia (Italy)
10,90 €9,80 
9,80 
Only 2 left!
T Rosato Tramin 2024
Tramin
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
9,60 
9,60 
'Le Rosé du Matin' Domaine des Canailles 2022
Domaine des Canailles
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Borgogna (France)
19,70 €15,80 
15,80 
Chiaretto del Garda 'Roseri' Cà Maiol 2024
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Cà Maiol
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
12,80 
12,80 
Rosé de Provence 'Prestige' Chateau Minuty 2024
87/100
Robert Parker
Château Minuty
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Provenza (France)
25,00 €20,50 
20,50 
Rosato del Salento '12 e Mezzo' Varvaglione 2024
Varvaglione
2024 | 75 cl | Puglia (Italy)
9,00 
9,00 
Only 3 left!
Lambrusco Rosè Frizzante Ancestrale 'Selvadeg' Fangareggi
Vitivinicola Fangareggi
75 cl | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
13,20 
13,20 
Only 2 left!
'Nieddera' Contini 2023
Contini
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sardegna (Italy)
9,80 
9,80 
Rosado Señorio De Librares 2024
Señorio De Librares
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | La Rioja (Spain)
11,50 
11,50 
Rosato 'Primo Fuoco' Fattoria di Sammontana 2024
Fattoria di Sammontana
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
15,50 €14,00 
14,00 
Poulsard 'Poolsard' Oenosapiens  2023
Oenosapiens
2023 | 75 cl / 10.5% | Jura (France)
24,70 
24,70 
Costa d'Amalfi Rosato Marisa Cuomo 2024
4/5
Bibenda
92/100
Veronelli
Cuomo Marisa
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Campania (Italy)
21,50 
21,50 
Last One Left!
Rosato 'Rosa Grande' Mesa 2024
4/5
Bibenda
Mesa
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Sardegna (Italy)
15,90 €14,30 
14,30 
Only 2 left!
Etna Rosato Girolamo Russo 2024
90/100
Veronelli
4/5
Bibenda
92/100
James Suckling
Russo Girolamo
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
27,50 
27,50 
Rosé 'Mea Rosa' Lunae Bosoni 2024
89/100
James Suckling
Lunae Bosoni
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Liguria (Italy)
11,20 €10,10 
10,10 
Semplicemente Vino Rosa Cascina degli Ulivi - Bellotti 2023
Cascina degli Ulivi - Bellotti
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
14,50 
14,50 
Madamarosè' Tenuta Sallier de la Tour - Tasca d'Almerita 2024
90/100
James Suckling
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Tasca d'Almerita
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
14,00 €11,90 
11,90 
'Sant'Isidoro' Maria Pia Castelli 2022
Maria Pia Castelli
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Marche (Italy)
22,00 
22,00 
Rosé Hofstatter 2024
Hofstätter
2024 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
13,00 
13,00 
Nieddera' Contini 2024
Contini
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sardegna (Italy)
9,50 €8,00 
8,00 
Etna Rosato 'Sul Vulcano' Donnafugata 2024
91/100
James Suckling
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Donnafugata
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
22,90 
22,90 

Production of Rosé Wine

The success of a good rosés on the international scene is a recent phenomenon, often linked to trends and new consumption habits. However, in some regions, the tradition of producing rosé wines has ancient roots. Some regions of Southern Italy, such as Puglia and Sicily, have always been home to some of the best rosé wines, competing in quality with the famous interpretations from Provence. Another important production area is Lake Garda, on the border between Lombardy and Veneto, where the famous Chiaretto wine is produced. The Abruzzo region is also home to the renowned Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo, a rosé that reaches very high-quality peaks.

In all these territories, the creation of pink musts is a centuries-old phenomenon linked to rural traditions, when mixed grapes, both white and red, were pressed together. However, their widespread production began only after World War II, thanks to the entrepreneurial intuition of some producers of the best Puglian rosé wines, which achieved great international success. Since then, oenological knowledge has improved, and today, it is possible to follow three different production techniques.

It should be noted that the most intuitive and obvious method, i.e., mixing white and red wines to obtain the typical pink colour, is prohibited in almost all production countries. The only exception allowed is for the creation of cuvées for Champagne and sparkling wines.

  • The most common and widespread technique for making rosé wine consists of briefly macerating the skins in the must, using red-skinned grapes. The intensity of the colour can vary in direct proportion to the contact time between the skin and the liquid part of the must. Generally, a distinction is made between “one-night” macerations, lasting between 6 and 12 hours, and one-day macerations. In the first case, a lighter and more delicate colour is obtained, while in the second, a more intense pink that tends towards red can be achieved, which can be defined, depending on the intensity, as cerasuolo pink, the colour of cherries, or even Chiaretto pink. This type includes many Abruzzese rosés, as well as Puglian and Sicilian rosés.
  • A second technique of French origin is called saigné, which means bleeding. It simply involves adding part of the must from macerated red grapes, intended to become red wine, to another white must, thus intended to become rosé. This technique is practised by some producers of red wines or sparkling wines, both in Italy and France.
  • A third solution involves the use of pigmented red grapes with low tannin content, i.e., grapes with coloured pulp, capable of imparting colour to the must without the need for maceration. This practice is rare and not widespread because it is limited to the use of so-called tintoria grapes, including Nero d’Avola, Ancellotta, Cinsaut, Alicante, Montepulciano, and Tintilia.

 

Main Types of Rosé Wine

Rosé wines come in a variety of styles, distinguished by their production methods, sweetness levels, and regions of origin. Here are the main types of rosé wines.

Still Rosé Wines: 

Still rosé wines are those that lack bubbles, as they do not contain carbon dioxide, whether naturally occurring or artificially added.

  • Dry Rosé: Most rosés fall into this category, characterized by their lack of sweetness.
  • Sweet Rosé: These have noticeable sweetness, often made from grape varieties like White Zinfandel (California), Pink Moscato, and some off-dry rosés from Portugal.

Sparkling Rosé Wines:

Sparkling rosé is just as it sounds: a bubbly pink wine. These wines are crafted in various styles across many regions around the globe.

  • Sparkling Rosé: Made using various methods, including the traditional method (Méthode Champenoise) or Charmat method.
  • Rosé Champagne: A specific type of sparkling rosé from the Champagne region of France, made using the same traditional method but with added prestige and often more complex flavours.

Rosé Origins: Vineyards of Southern France and Italy

Today, rosé wines are produced worldwide, but the most famous expressions come from Mediterranean regions in Southern France and Italy, which have the longest winemaking traditions.

The Best French Rosés

Some of the best rosé’s wines are produced in southern France, where the terroir is tempered by gentle sea breezes and populated by a large number of red grape varieties suitable for rosé winemaking. In addition to Provence, where indigenous varieties such as Cinsault and Grenache are used, other important production areas are Languedoc and Roussillon, with the small town of Tavel standing out as an important appellation.

Great Italian Rosé Wines

Italian rosé wines are found throughout the country, but they are extraordinarily common in the south. For example, in Alto Adige, there are some delicate and fresh interpretations of Lagrein, while in the Lake Garda area, there are pleasant and versatile Bardolino Chiaretto labels divided between Lombardy, where Groppello, Marzemino, Barbera, and Sangiovese grapes are used, and Veneto, starting with Corvina and Rondinella. In recent years, Tuscany has also played a prominent role, using international or Sangiovese grapes.

In southern Italy, some of the most famous rosés can be found: from Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo, based on Montepulciano, to the rich and structured expressions of Gaglioppo in Calabria. A leading role is played by Puglian rosé wine, based on Negroamaro in Salento or Nero di Troia. In recent years, due to their excellent quality, Sicilian rosés, particularly those based on Nerello Mascalese produced on Etna, have also been very successful. In the rest of the island, Nero d’Avola grapes are used to create truly unique Italian rosé wines!

 

The Best Rosé Wine Brands

Some of the most renowned and beloved Rosé labels include:

  • Chateau d'Esclans: Whispering Angel rosé Provence's Elegance
  • Cà Maiol:  Lugana Excellence, Innovating Tradition by Lake Gard
  • Poggio Le Volpi: Ancient Latium Tradition, Quality Wines, Natural Harmony
  • San Marzano: Tradition, Modernity, Excellence in Apulian Wines

 

Rosé Wine Pairings

At the table, rosé wine proves to be very versatile, able to lend itself to a wide range of pairings, from informal and everyday ones with cheese, pizza, fried foods, mushrooms, and pasta dishes to more substantial dishes based on fish, shellfish, and seafood. Due to their great freshness and pleasant drinkability, these expressions are particularly appreciated during the summer season or, all year round, during aperitifs, for romantic occasions or important dinners based on fish.

Rosé Wine Offers

On Callmewine, you can find a wide selection of rosé wines for sale online at the best price. Discover our catalogue, choose the bottle of Rosé you prefer, buy online at advantageous prices, and find the best offers.

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