Garnacha Rosado

Garnacha Rosado is a dry, fruity rosé from Spain, made from the Garnacha grape. Expect strawberry, raspberry and watermelon with citrus, herbs and a touch of spice. Fresh but fuller-flavoured than many pale rosés, it’s brilliant with tapas, prawns, grilled chicken, paella, pizza, salads and Mediterranean dishes.

Taste:

Juicy, refreshing and bringing considerably more than just a pretty pink colour.

Garnacha Rosado is typically dry and light to medium-bodied, with fresh acidity and flavours of strawberry, raspberry, red cherry and watermelon. You may also find grapefruit, fresh herbs and gentle peppery spice.

Styles can range from pale and delicate to deeper pink wines with more body and concentrated red-fruit flavour.

Garnacha naturally brings plenty of ripe fruit, giving its rosé a generous character while the acidity keeps everything fresh.

Basically, if your idea of rosé is "the paler the better", Garnacha Rosado would like to broaden your horizons.

Food Pairings:

Garnacha Rosado is ridiculously versatile with Spanish and Mediterranean food.

For tapas, try patatas bravas, chorizo, tortilla española, croquetas, garlic prawns, Manchego or a full sharing spread.

Seafood is another great match. Pair it with prawns, calamari, grilled fish, crab, seafood paella or seafood pasta.

For meat, try grilled chicken, chicken kebabs, pork, sausages or charcuterie.

Pizza works brilliantly too, particularly Margherita, prosciutto, vegetable, chicken or spicy salami pizza.

For meat-free dishes, try Greek salad, tomato and mozzarella salad, grilled aubergine, roasted peppers, couscous, hummus or Mediterranean salads.

Its fruit and freshness can also handle mildly spicy food, including chicken tacos and lightly spiced Mediterranean dishes.

Similar Wines:

If you enjoy Garnacha Rosado, Grenache Rosé is the obvious next stop – Garnacha and Grenache are the same grape under their Spanish and French names.

Côtes de Provence offers a lighter, paler expression of Mediterranean rosé, while Tavel takes things in a deeper-coloured, fuller-bodied direction.

Rosato is also worth exploring if fresh, food-friendly European rosé is becoming your thing.

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More About Garnacha Rosado:

Garnacha Rosado is made from Garnacha, one of Spain's most important red grapes and the variety known as Grenache across the border in France.

You'll find Garnacha-based rosé across several Spanish regions, including Navarra, Aragón and Rioja, with styles varying according to climate, vineyard and winemaking choices.

Rosé gets its colour through contact between the clear grape juice and the dark Garnacha skins. The longer that contact lasts, generally speaking, the deeper the resulting colour and the more flavour and structure the wine can extract.

And a darker shade of pink doesn't mean a rosé is automatically sweeter.

Colour and sweetness are not in a relationship.

Someone tell Instagram.