Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 BFCM23FLASH but with a surprising sweetness

but with a surprising sweetness of vanilla

Drinking beautifully now through 2029

and you taste the exposure: lemon confit

or stir it into anything that calls for a bittersweet Italian liqueur

and many drinkers consider it the most Grand Cru-like of all the Chablis 1ers

Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 BFCM23FLASH but with a surprising sweetnessThis 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.