Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 NO20231101 in Campania

in Campania

and in summer they lie heavy with fruit

as if they'd been around for generations

Maestro Israel roasts the agave in a conical earthen oven

Montanita de Oro - 'little golden mountain' - is his blend from the most pristine high-elevation Pinot sites in Monterey

Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 NO20231101 in CampaniaThis 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.