Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 0426JACKSON bringing blossom honey

bringing blossom honey

giving it a touch more flesh while Givry's bright limestone keeps it honest

fermented with native yeasts and aged on the lees in bottle for at least a year

with minimal added sulfur

Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 0426JACKSON bringing blossom honeyThis is not a poolside rose. Alonso & Pedrajo, a young Rioja Alta project farming high altitude vines at the region's cool western edge, make their Suane rosado the old fashioned, serious way, with white and red grapes given skin contact and then aged in French oak. The result is pale salmon in the glass but structured and savory on the palate, with real texture and a mineral spine. It's a rose built for the dinner table rather than the aperitif hour.