is rose wine served cold or room temperature

Room temperature is generally considered to be between 68 – 77 degrees Fahrenheit. Rose wine of any kind, including dry rose, should be served at about 46 – 57 degrees. Slight variations are to be expected.

One of the easiest ways to get a bottle of wine to the desired temperature is by using a wine refrigerator with controllable temperatures. Failing this, wine can be cooled in a conventional refrigerator or in an ice bucket. Since refrigerators are typically set at about 45 degrees, rose wine should be removed from the fridge about half an hour prior to serving.

Variations in the temperature of a wine can vastly change the way it tastes. A common problem for white and rose wines is to be served too cold. This will stifle the bouquet and mask the flavors. If a wine — particularly a white wine — is served too warm, then alcohol will be the primary flavor with possible astringent notes and dull flavor.

Alan Richman’s Wine Guide: Rosé

We’ve all learned to serve wine at the proper temperature. Rosé, I’ve found, is the only wine that tastes best when it’s 75 degrees or hotter.

I’m not talking about the temperature of the liquid in the glass. I’m referring to the temperature outside. Rosé should be chilled, of course, but it’s a wine for drinking outdoors, on a sizzling hot day. It’s the most seasonal of all wines, the seasons being late Spring through early Fall.

Here’s something else you should know. You might think, as I once did, that a proper rosé is a blend of white and red grapes. Not true, except when it’s a sparkler. Rosé is almost never—except in rogue countries—a blend of red and white.

Rosé is produced from red-wine (generally called “black”) grapes and has a flavor profile resembling that of a red wine. The tastes and smells are often those associated with strawberries, raspberries, or cherries. The color is a result of brief contact with the skin of those black grapes. (Color comes from the skin of the grape, not from the flesh of the grape.) Yet it’s vinified as though it were a white wine.

Most people drink rosé on occasions when they would otherwise be selecting a white. It’s served cold, seldom if ever stains teeth, and rarely gives anyone a headache. Does that sound like a wine made from black grapes to you?

Allow me to offer other insights into the weird world of rosé. Most people think of it as a sweet wine. Not exactly a dessert wine, but one with noticeable residual sugar. I think sweet rosés are a mistake.

That puts me at odds with practically the entire Rosé d’Anjou appellation, one of the most famous in France. Those wines are consistently sweet, which is why I never recommend them. They’re not bad; they just have too much sugar for me. Sweet wines aren’t revitalizing on scorching hot days. Ice cold and darned dry is what you want under those conditions.

Most people who don’t like sweet rosés

Most people who don’t like sweet rosés came to their dislike honestly. For me, something of an old-timer, my fatal experience was drinking too much semi-sweet Mateus Rosé when I was young. For most of you, I would think the consumption of White Zinfandel—really somewhat of a sweet rosé—would have had the same effect.

I’ve delayed too long in setting forth the virtues of rosé. It has a reputation of going well with every food, and that’s accurate. However, there is one category of food with which it pairs exquisitely—the contents of a picnic basket. In addition, rosé has a simple, natural beauty that’s transcendent in sunshine. It seems to evoke the undeniable charm of Provence, even in people who have never been to Provence, and even if the wine was not made in Provence. Rosé simply feels like it’s from Provence, a beneficial hallucinatory quality.

when you order rosé

Finally, you won’t ever have to battle sommeliers when you order rosé. Ask for a white wine and those guys always want you to drink it too warm. They’re always trying to keep whites out of the ice bucket. Fortunately, they’re so uninterested in rosés they will good-naturedly serve them however a customer wants. You should want them very cold.

The very best thing about rosé is that it comes with few expectations. All that’s required is that it be pretty and refreshing. What could be less demanding than that?

Red and Fortified Wine:

While times they are a-changin’ common wisdom was once to serve reds at room temperature. But what does that mean? A humid studio at noon in August? No, thank you. Unless you live in a European castle where your boudoir remains chilly year-round, the room temp axiom is outdated.

Red wine should be in the range of 55°F–65°F. Lighter-bodied wines with higher acidity, like Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, prefer lower temps. Place it in the refrigerator for 90 minutes. Fuller-bodied, tannic wines like Bordeaux and Napa Cabernet Sauvignon taste better warmer, so keep them to 45 minutes in the fridge. Red wine that’s too cold tastes dull, but when too warm, it’s flabby and alcoholic. Like Goldilocks, somewhere in between is just right.

Fortified wines like Port and Madeira should be 60°F–65°F.

White, Rosé and Sparkling Wine:

Whites need a chill to lift delicate aromas and acidity. However, when they’re too cold, flavors become muted. Like reds, fuller-bodied wines like Chardonnay from Burgundy and California shine between 50°F and 60°F. Dessert wines like Sauternes fall into the same range.

Lighter, fruitier wines work best colder, between 45°F and 50°F, or two hours in the fridge. Most Italian whites like Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc also fall in that range. Wine should rarely be colder than 45°F, unless they’re porch pounders on a hot day.

Sparklers, however, need to be between 40°F and 50°F, as CO₂ stays trapped better in colder liquids. Vintage and prestige cuvée Champagnes can be served at the top end, due to complexity and weight. Prosecco, or similarly light-bodied fruity sparklers work better at the bottom end.

How to Chill Wine

Advance Planning. This rule applies to most everything in life. Stick reds and whites in the fridge and remove them an hour or two before dinner. The ideal temperature for a fridge is between 35°F and 40°F. If you’ve got cold spots that always freeze your lettuce, at least they’ll chill your wine a bit faster. Chilling bottles in the door won’t make a difference as far as time, but if you open it frequently, stick bottles further back on a shelf or in the crisper bins.

The Freezer

We’ve all done it. Loaded bottles into the icemaker as friends grew ambitious with their consumption, only to forget them and find an icy explosion the next morning. While quality may not diminish at such extreme temperatures, the risk of a mess rises. When the water in wine freezes, it expands and can push the cork out in part or full, or even crack the bottle. This allows the egress of oxygen, which starts the clock on oxidation. If you use the freezer, set a timer for 30 minutes.

wine

Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol, carbon dioxide and heat. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are major factors in different styles of wine. These differences result from the complex interactions between the biochemical development of the grape, the reactions involved in fermentation, the grape’s growing environment (terroir), and the wine production process. Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine. These typically restrict the geographical origin and permitted varieties of grapes, as well as other aspects of wine production. Wines not made from grapes involve fermentation of additional crops, including rice wine and other fruit wines such as plum, cherry, pomegranate, currant and elderberry.

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