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<h3>The perfect middleman, rosé is an alluring option for those who bounce between the desire for a white and a red. Covering a broad range of grapes, production techniques and tastes, <a href="https://wine.qantas.com/c/red-wine/rose">rosé</a> is a far more diverse style of wine than many give it credit for.</h3><p>You don’t feel like a red. Nor do you feel like a white. You feel like something in the middle. You feel like a rosé. </p><p>While not a varietal (rosés can be made from almost any grape), rosé wines are nonetheless treated as their own category, and it’s a category that encapsulates a surprisingly broad range of tastes, textures and regions.</p>

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<h2>&#39;&#39;Most wine historians agree that rosé could well be the oldest wine style of all, such is the comparative simplicity of its production when compared to the likes of red wine and sparkling.&#39;&#39; </h2><p></p>

<h4><b>Rosé production techniques</b> </h4><p>There are three main techniques that are employed to produce rosé wines: </p><p><b>Skin contact</b>: the wine is left in contact with the skins of red grapes for a short period of time – usually 12-24 hours – which imbues the liquid varying degrees of pigmentation.  </p><p><b>Saignée:</b> French for “bleed”, the saignée method makes use of some of the “bled off” wine removed from the barrels of full-bodied reds in order to make them more concentrated. Saignée rosés are thus much darker and traditionally drier than most other rosés. </p><p><b>Blending:</b> Finally, a blended rosé is simply a rosé wine made by mixing a white and a red.

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<h4><b>Palate perceptions</b> </h4><p>Because rosé is a style of wine rather than a particular varietal it can encompass an almost endless amount of tastes. Pink moscato is known for its intense sweetness, while a grenache- or malbec-based rosé will offer a far more full-bodied and drier experience.</p>

<h4><b>Rosé titbits</b></h4><ul><li><p>It’s likely that the first wine ever created was a rosé, and if that’s the case then this style is around 9000 years old, predating recorded history by over 3000 years.</p></li><li><p>While most winemaking regions produce rosés as an afterthought, this is not the case for the Provence region in France. If you’re looking to try a world-beating rosé, start your search there.</p></li><li><p>Rosés aren’t meant to be aged. Save your cellar space for fine red wines, and enjoy some nice rosés while your shirazes and cabernet sauvignons age. Because they are relatively simple to make and don’t require aging, rosés are generally far cheaper than reds!</p></li></ul><p>

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