Aire de Protos Rosé

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

With a gor­geous salmon col­or, this rosé wine from Bode­gas Pro­tos is easy to drink, with a fresh and light feel.

The grapes are har­vest­ed main­ly at night. That, com­bined with the rapid recep­tion to avoid mac­er­a­tion with the skins gives it its full col­or, aro­ma, and fla­vor. Processed in a cold and inert atmos­phere, and fer­ment­ed in stain­less steel, the Aire de Pro­tos Rosé is aged with reg­u­lar stir­ring for two to three months.

It’s a soft and del­i­cate wine, giv­ing off notes of water­mel­on, straw­ber­ry, peach, and citrus.

PREPA­RA­TION AND PAIRINGS

There are many ways to drink a rosé; one of our favorites is with salty, crumbly cheese. Try our Hal­lou­mi. Try a niçoise sal­ad, or a gaz­pa­cho, too.

This Pro­tos Aire also pairs won­der­ful­ly with light Asian dish­es, like sushi, or Viet­namese spring rolls. If you want some­thing a lit­tle heav­ier, how about some oil-based shell­fish pas­ta? It will bal­ance out the rosé’s sweet­ness beautifully.

LOOK­ING BACK, LOOK­ING FORWARD

Aire de Pro­tos’ his­to­ry begins in 1927, when 11 child­hood friends came togeth­er as grown-ups of dif­fer­ent pro­fes­sions to hon­or and cel­e­brate the viti­cul­tur­al roots and tra­di­tions of their fam­i­lies, and their love for Peñafiel, their village.

Their dream was to make good qual­i­ty wines, and to bring back recog­ni­tion and mem­o­ry to a for­got­ten wine region of rich heritage.

They suc­ceed­ed, and more. These friends, and their fam­i­lies and descen­dants, changed the his­to­ry of the region, and suc­cess­ful­ly pro­duced wines of promi­nence. They’ve even intro­duced a now world-renowned Span­ish appel­la­tion — Rib­era del Duero. Bode­gas Pro­tos is now a com­mu­ni­ty of over 250 fam­i­lies, and one of the most impor­tant winer­ies in the region.

Storage Instructions

Store your unopened bot­tle in a cool, dry, and dark place safe from con­stant vibra­tion. Keep your bot­tle hor­i­zon­tal in a wine rack or cel­lar to retain the moist­ness of the cork. The ide­al tem­per­a­ture for stor­age is between 7 to 15°C. Once opened, a bot­tle will be good for 5 to 7 days stand­ing upright in the refrigerator.