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by keithold is a prodigal bagger on June 11th, 2009

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Is rose made by mixing red and white wines?

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  • by Elwood on June 21st, 2009

    Elwood

    No, not usually. I *have* encountered an occasional winemaker selling a "rose" which he made accidentally by transferring a white wine into a tank which had not been properly washed of its previous red wine or port contents. But properly, rose is made by controlling the degree to which a red grape's skins are involved in the wine's production. Remember, the juice from red grapes is white (clear, slightly yellow). All the color comes from the skins.

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  • by iwnit on June 21st, 2009

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    "This method is discouraged in most wine growing regions except for Champagne."


    "rosé (From French: rosé, ‘pinkish’) wine has some of the color typical of a red wine, but only enough to turn it pink. The pink color can range from a pale orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grapes and wine making techniques."

    "There are three major ways to produce rosé wine.
    - Skin contact:
    Rosé wine is made in a range of colors, from a pale orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grapes, additives and wine making techniques.
    The first is used when rosé wine is the primary product. Red-skinned grapes are crushed and the skins are allowed to remain in contact with the juice for a short period, typically two or three days. The grapes are then pressed, and the skins are discarded rather than left in contact throughout fermentation (as with red wine making). The skins contain much of the strongly flavored tannin and other compounds, thereby leaving the taste more similar to a white wine.[2] The longer that the skins are left in contact with the juice, the more intense the color of the final wine.

    - Saignée:
    Rosé wine can be produced as a by-product of red wine fermentation using a technique known as Saignée, or bleeding the vats. When a winemaker desires to impart more tannin and color to a red wine, some of the pink juice from the must can be removed at an early stage. The red wine remaining in the vats is intensified as a result of the bleeding, because the volume of juice in the must is reduced, and the must involved in the maceration is concentrated. The pink juice that is removed can be fermented separately to produce rosé.

    - Blending:
    Blending, the simple mixing of red wine to a white to impart color, is uncommon. This method is discouraged in most wine growing regions except for Champagne. Even in Champagne, several high-end producers do not use this method but rather the saignée method."
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosé

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  • by Suby the Coat on June 11th, 2009

    Suby the Coat

    No, by mixing red and white paints in exact proportions.
    Or you could always have red or white roses!

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