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\"\"<\/a>A decade ago the word ros\u00e9 was an anathema in American wine circles. Even a few years ago, how many serious or even occasional wine drinkers would admit to enjoying such a wine? We even called the one vestige of ros\u00e9 that was readily available \u201cWhite Zinfandel,\u201d so as not to use the word ros\u00e9. Well, all that has changed. American wine drinkers\u2019 tastes have changed, as has the overwhelming selection of very good domestic and imported ros\u00e9 wines that now abound. So let\u2019s pour a glass of cool ros\u00e9 \u2013 once again the summer\u2019s hottest wine.<\/p>\n

Ros\u00e9 has been popular in Europe for centuries and enjoys a long, illustrious history. Nonetheless, with the exception of the low alcohol White Zinfandel craze of the 1980s, Americans had been reluctant to embrace anything pink but a high octane Cosmopolitan, until now. Fortunately, long gone are the days when White Zinfandel is the only ros\u00e9 game in town. Today\u2019s ros\u00e9 wines emanate from many different grape varieties and come in all different flavors, shades of color, and levels of sweetness from around the world. However, it is dry ros\u00e9s from California, Spain, South Africa, and most prominently Provence in southern France that constitute this summer\u2019s \u2018hottest\u201d wine. In fact, good ros\u00e9 wines are now being enjoyed year round.<\/p>\n

Provence is the spiritual home of today\u2019s dry ros\u00e9. It is a land that elicits visions of scintillating landscapes, eye stopping vistas, and undulating fields of lavender and massive cypress as they wave in the winds that wash the countryside clean. Provence is also the birthplace of troubadours and Proven\u00e7al, the lyrical language of poetry, and the planet\u2019s most endearing wines. More than 140 million bottles of wine are produced annually in Provence, a region famous for its wines since the Roman era, and over 105 million bottles (75% of that entire region\u2019s wine production) is ros\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Many of today\u2019s most popular domestic and imported ros\u00e9 wines flow from traditional Proven\u00e7al grape varietals such as Grenache, Syrah, Mourv\u00e8dre, Cinsault, Carignan and Rolle. However, around the world, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and other varietals make fine dry ros\u00e9s, too.<\/p>\n

Proven\u00e7al ros\u00e9s and many of their New World counterparts are dry, delicate wines that are much more akin to white wine than red wine, as they are produced like white wines with minimal skin contact and no time in oak barrels. After harvest, a portion of the grapes undergo a cold maceration at various temperatures and lengths of time according to the grape variety in order to preserve the wine\u2019s delicate aroma. The remaining grapes are vinified by a direct pressing, which imparts a slight pink color from the skins of the dark grapes. The wines are then blended and their \u00e9levage<\/em> (upbringing) takes place entirely in stainless steel tanks until early February, when the young rose-colored wine is bottled for maximum freshness. Ros\u00e9s are this summer\u2019s \u201chottest\u201d wines because they are fresh, flavorful, and served cold from a variety of premium grape varieties. In most cases, dry ros\u00e9s are at their best in the first year of their life, which means looking for the current vintage or most recent release. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Salud!
\nDon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A decade ago the word ros\u00e9 was an anathema in American wine circles. Even a few years ago, how many serious or even occasional wine drinkers would admit to enjoying such a wine? We even called the one vestige of ros\u00e9 that was readily available \u201cWhite Zinfandel,\u201d so as not to use the word ros\u00e9. 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