Mourvèdre Rosé

Mourvèdre Rosé is a dry, full-flavoured rosé best known from southern France and Mediterranean wine regions. Expect strawberry, raspberry and watermelon with herbs, citrus and peppery spice. Fresh but more structured than many rosés, it’s brilliant with grilled chicken, salmon, prawns, BBQ food, pizza and Mediterranean dishes.

Taste:

Rosé with a little more backbone.

Mourvèdre Rosé is typically dry and medium-bodied, with refreshing acidity and flavours of strawberry, raspberry, red cherry and watermelon. You may also find grapefruit, fresh herbs and a distinctive peppery or savoury edge.

Mourvèdre is naturally a powerful red grape, and even in rosé form it can bring more structure and depth than you might expect from something pink.

Styles vary depending on where it's made, but the best examples balance ripe fruit with herbs, spice and plenty of freshness.

Basically, this is rosé that came prepared for dinner.

Food Pairings:

Mourvèdre Rosé’s extra structure makes it brilliant with grilled food and Mediterranean flavours.

Try it with grilled chicken, roast chicken, chicken kebabs, pork, sausages or charcuterie. It also works beautifully with BBQ chicken, grilled sausages and lamb kebabs.

For seafood, pair it with grilled salmon, prawns, tuna, crab, calamari or grilled fish. Garlic prawns and seafood salads are great matches too.

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

Mediterranean dishes are another easy win. Try moussaka, grilled aubergine, roasted peppers, couscous, hummus, falafel or tomato-based dishes with rosemary and thyme.

For cheese, try feta, goat’s cheese, Brie or Manchego.

Similar Wines:

If you enjoy Mourvèdre Rosé, Grenache Rosé is a natural next move for another dry, Mediterranean rosé with plenty of fruit and herbs.

Tavel takes rosé into an even fuller, more structured direction, while Côtes de Provence offers a paler, lighter expression of southern French rosé.

Cinsault Rosé is also worth exploring if fresh berries and a softer, more delicate style are what you love.

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More About Mourvèdre Rosé:

Mourvèdre is an old Mediterranean red grape with Spanish origins, where it is known as Monastrell. In France, it's particularly important in Provence and the Rhône Valley.

The grape's dark skins, savoury character and natural structure make it famous for powerful red wines, but those same qualities can also produce deeply flavoured rosé.

Mourvèdre often appears in rosé blends alongside Grenache and Cinsault, where it can add body, spice and structure.

And yes, the grape responsible for some seriously hefty reds can also turn up dressed in pink.

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