Rosés for Pouring, Not Pondering
by Dustin Soiseth
2023 Beaujolais Villages Rosé
France | Beaujolais
This rosé is for those who enjoy a wine that prickles instead of caresses, that tingles the tongue instead of coating it. It’s a wine meant to slake the thirst of both farmers and gentry. The Geoffray family of Château Thivin lavish as much attention on this rosé as they do on their famous reds, sourcing it from 50-year-old, organically farmed vineyards on steep slopes festooned with all manner of cover crops and organic treatments. It’s serious farming in the service of genuine refreshment. If your vibe is less poolside and more countryside, this is the bottle for you.
2023 Vino Rosato
Italy | Piedmont
When I started to think about the wines I’d serve at my wedding a few years ago, I knew right off the bat that Tintero’s rosato would take care of our rosé needs. Not only does Tintero’s Piemontese blend of Barbera, Arneis, and Moscato deliver flat-out deliciousness and exceptional value, but more importantly—and more fun—it bears a slight effervescence that dials its “festive factor” up to 10. None of this is surprising when you consider that Kermit has been enamored by fizzy wines from the region since the ’60s, and also when you realize the man behind this dry rosato is Marco Tintero, a specialist of festive, unpretentious, and unbelievably delicious bottlings from the gorgeous hills of Piedmont, the northwestern Italian region squeezed between the Alps and the Ligurian Sea. This bottling, with its notes of red berries, tangerine, and ginger, proves once again that Piedmont is not only about lofty Barolo and Barbaresco, but is home as well to some of the country’s great weeknight table— and weekend wedding—wines.
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