Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 BFCM23FLASH The role of cooperage and

The role of cooperage and Nathan's barrel-making craft

Escolma receives careful barrel aging and represents the pinnacle of Rodriguez's decades-long commitment to complexity

and many drinkers consider it the most Grand Cru-like of all the Chablis 1ers

Each of the 204 barrels selected for this release was produced on December 13

Paul Gadenne's version comes from old plantings on limestone-and-clay slopes

Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 BFCM23FLASH The role of cooperage andThis 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.