Ramón Bilbao Rosado DOCa 2018

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

This fresh, light, medi­um-bod­ied rosé wine comes in a pale salmon col­or and wafts beau­ti­ful cit­rus scents as you pour it from the bot­tle. It is ele­gant­ly pale and dry, with a soft crisp­ness and under­cur­rents of red­cur­rant, orange, and apri­cot. Com­posed main­ly of Gar­nacha, it has a hint of spice to it, and hails from the Tudelil­la vine­yard high in the Alta Najer­il­la part of the Rio­ja wine region.

PAIR­INGS

This rosa­do works best as a warm-weath­er apéri­tif, a won­der­ful starter to an inti­mate gath­er­ing. We enjoy it with a light meal of bli­n­is, smoked salmon, and Kaviari Kristal Caviar. It goes well with light sal­ads and cold dish­es like white aspara­gus or chilled shell­fish. Light­ly cooked foods like beef carpac­cio or grilled fish with goat cheese will ben­e­fit from the dry­ness and cit­ric boost. With its medi­um body, it eas­i­ly match­es spicy dish­es like cur­ries or rice. And of course, a creamy risottos. 

SUS­TAIN­ABLE WINE­MAK­ING IN SPAIN

Ramón Bil­bao prides itself for not only pro­duc­ing great wine in the Rio­ja region, but also for tak­ing steps to respond to the grow­ing effects of cli­mate change there. Rodol­fo Basti­da, oenol­o­gist and gen­er­al man­ag­er, con­sid­ers their efforts ​“a step for­ward on our path towards being a con­scious com­pa­ny and tak­ing respon­si­bil­i­ty for our impact upon the plan­et.” This win­ery has been a part of the Winer­ies for Cli­mate Pro­tec­tion pro­gram since 2017, com­mit­ted to respon­si­ble water man­age­ment, ener­gy effi­cien­cy, waste reduc­tion, and the reduc­tion of GHG emis­sions with­in the decade.

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.

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