Celebrate National Rosé Day with the new Salute Rosé!

We are thrilled to announce the very first vintage of Rubino Estates Salute Rosé just in time for you to celebrate National Rosé Day!

The 2019 Salute Rosé is a blend of 48% Sangiovese, 28% Nebbiolo, and 24% Barbera. The nose has light red fruit, including wild strawberry and watermelon, and on the palate, the fruit is joined by red currant flavors. Fermented in stainless steel to maintain a fresh and balanced acidity, our Salute Rosé has a lovely full body but maintains a crisp and dry finish.

Here is a little bit more about rosé and our rosé production from our winemaker, Jesse Plautz.

"Rosé production is basically done in two different ways. The first is like creating a white wine, where red wines are put directly into the press with minimal maceration. The other is to pull a saignée (literally "bleeding" the tank). This involves pulling juice out of a red wine ferment before it has a chance to get much extraction. In either case, you can go from 0 minutes of skin contact up to 1-2 days depending on the style.

For the Salute Rosé, all of the grapes were picked and processed specifically for the rosé program. I wanted to highlight younger and fresher flavors and aromas so we picked the fruit much sooner than we would for red wines. For the skin contact, we let the Nebbiolo and Sangiovese sit with their skins for 2 hours and the Barbera for 4 hours.  It was just enough time to get a little color and a little extra flavor, but to avoid allowing the tannins to extract much.  We destemmed and crushed the fruit prior to maceration, then put it in the press once I saw the flavors and extraction I wanted. For the Nebbiolo, I was looking primarily for a rose petal aroma, which it is well known for. Sangiovese provides a lot of the flavor, with floral notes and a bit of strawberry. The darker red fruits and the acid come from the Barbera, as well as a lot of the color.

The 2019 Salute Rosé is a blend of 48% Sangiovese, 28% Nebbiolo, and 24% Barbera. The nose has light red fruit, including wild strawberry and watermelon, and on the palate, the fruit is joined by red currant flavors. Fermented in stainless steel to maintain a fresh and balanced acidity, our Salute Rosé has a lovely full body but maintains a crisp and dry finish."

We are so excited to pop the cork on a few of these this weekend. Tag us @rubinoestates when you open up your bottles too! It's the perfect pairing for lightly sauced barbeque ribs or curries, and on the lighter side, a caprese, or niçoise salad. Add it to your order for curbside pick-up!