More and more wine makers want to try making rose wine, and this seems to become quite popular nowadays. Earlier on, this type was hardly looked upon as something that great and people would only drink it during summer. The really important wines used to be the white and red wines. However now rose is rising in popularity with many people.
You can find these days many different types of Rose wines on the market, and especially well liked is the dry rose. You might also know it under the name of blush wine. It is a pinkish type of wine which in Europe is more dry and in the US is more sweet.
If you've never made wine before, avoid starting with a Rose. Go instead with red or white as it's much easier. However if you are already a seasoned wine maker, experimenting with a rose might give you some interesting and well liked results.
You can make a Rose in three different ways: as a blanc de noir, as a saignee or by mixing red with white wine.
The actual color of your wine will be greatly dependent on how long you want to leave the grapes skin in contact with the juice. To obtain the rose colored wine, the contact needs to be rather short, between 2-3 days. This is when the grapes are pressed and the skin is discarded. The longer you actually leave the two in contact, the darker your wine will become. Also the type of grapes used will be another deciding factor in the color of the final result. Grapes with a deep color will yield in a very rich pink colored wine.
Bleeding, also called saignee, is a method in making rose wine and this is mostly used when you actually want to have more tannin and color in a red wine while at the same time you remove the juice. You have to remove the juice quite early for best results. The juice will be fermented separately and the rose will be something like a bi-product of your created red wine.
The blending process is done when you want to mix red and white grapes to obtain a pink color wine. This is not so popular nowadays though and blending these days is used for enhancing the quality, taste and aroma of the wine instead of actually creating pink or rose wine. In France, in the region of Champagne, people still use this particular process, however.
How To Make Rose Wine At Home
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