Moscato Rosé

Moscato Rosé is a sweet, fruity pink wine with plenty of strawberry, raspberry and peach alongside fresh grape flavours and floral notes. Often light in alcohol and sometimes gently sparkling, it’s fun, fragrant and easy to drink – brilliant with spicy Asian food, cheesecake, fresh berries, fruit tarts and creamy desserts.

Taste:

Sweet, fruity and absolutely not pretending to be serious.

Moscato Rosé is typically sweet and light-bodied, with flavours of strawberry, raspberry and red cherry alongside peach, fresh grapes and citrus. Expect plenty of floral aromas too, particularly rose and orange blossom.

Many versions are gently sparkling, adding a light fizz to all that juicy fruit, while fresh acidity keeps the sweetness feeling lively.

It’s usually relatively low in alcohol too, making it an easy-drinking style designed to be enjoyed young and well chilled.

Pink, sweet, fruity and fizzy.

Sometimes the brief really is that simple.

Food Pairings:

Moscato Rosé is brilliant with fruit-based desserts and spicy food.

For dessert, try strawberry cheesecake, raspberry cheesecake, fruit tart, pavlova, panna cotta, strawberries and cream or a fresh fruit salad.

Its berry flavours make it particularly good with strawberries, raspberries and other red-fruit desserts, while peach and tropical fruit dishes can work beautifully too.

The sweetness also makes Moscato Rosé a great match for spicy Asian food. Try Thai green curry, Thai red curry, spicy noodles or dishes featuring chilli, ginger and aromatic spices. The sweetness helps balance the heat while the acidity keeps things fresh.

For cheese, try Brie, Camembert, mascarpone or other mild, creamy styles.

Similar Wines:

If you enjoy Moscato Rosé, Moscato is the obvious place to explore the wider family of sweet, aromatic wines.

Moscato d’Asti offers peach, flowers and gentle bubbles in a classic Italian white style, while Brachetto d'Acqui brings strawberry, raspberry and rose in a sweet sparkling red.

White Zinfandel is another great option if fruity, sweeter rosé is firmly your thing.

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More About Moscato Rosé:

Unlike wines such as Champagne or Chianti, Moscato Rosé isn't one tightly defined regional wine style. The name is used for pink Moscato-based wines produced by different winemakers, so the exact grapes, sweetness and level of fizz can vary.

Moscato itself belongs to the ancient Muscat family of grapes, famous for intensely aromatic flavours of fresh grapes, peach, citrus and flowers.

The pink colour may come from blending with permitted red grapes or other winemaking choices depending on the producer and region.

So this is one of those times when checking the bottle really does matter.

Same name. Potentially different recipe.

Wine keeping us humble, as usual.