Lago Cellars Wines

Locally grown and sourced right here in the Grand River Valley, this wine is one of the best offerings of the region. A dry rose with vibrant raspberry and cherry aromas and flavors. This is a light and refreshing dry wine great for any time of the year!

Rose wine, pronounced rose-aye, isn’t defined by a certain type of grape but by how it’s made. It’s produced by fermenting grape juice with its skins for a short period, and then separating the wine from the skins before its color turns deep red. The rest of the fermentation process is completed without the skins by briefly leaving it to settle and stabilize in cool storage tanks before being clarified, bottled, and released. Nearly every grape variety is used to make rose-style wine. Rose is a fruit-forward wine with dominant flavors of strawberry, honeydew melon, rose petal, celery, and orange peel. Typically dry, rose wines have an average body, acidity, and alcohol content. Serving rose wine in an aroma collector glass helps capture its subtle floral notes that are hard to detect when it’s served out of a regular white wine glass. Always serve rose cold. Pair it with delicate and nutty cheeses, white meats, root vegetables, fresh and resinous herbs, and alliums (garlic, onion, shallot).

While its origins are unknown, almost every major country produces rose wine. The top four producers in descending order are France, Italy, USA, and Spain. French rose wines are dry and typically contain a blend of grenache and syrah wine grapes. They’re usually sourced from Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon. In Italy, rose is called rosato and is produced all over the country using several varieties of indigenous wine grapes. Most zinfandel grapes produced in the USA go toward making white zinfandel, a type of rose wine that balances off-dry and sweet flavor profiles. While white zinfandel is the most common type of American-made rose, many new styles are introduced each year. The two most popular types of Spanish rose are made from the meaty tempranillo wine grapes and the brilliant ruby-hued Garnacha which deliver candied grapefruit flavors.

• Profile:  Average Body, Fruit-Forward, Average Acidity, Dry, Average Alcohol Content
• Dominant Flavors:  Strawberry, Honeydew Melon, Rose Petals, Celery, Orange Peel
• Origin:  Unknown
• How to Serve:  Serve rose between 45 and 55 degrees Fahrenheit in an aroma collector glass.
• Pairing Suggestion: Burrata, Cured Meats and Charcuterie Boards.