Pineau d'Aunis
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Pineau d'Aunis is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Loire Valley around Anjou and Touraine.
Pineau d'Aunis was reportedly a favorite wine of the English King Henry III who had the wine first brought to England in 1246.
Though Pineau d'Aunis has been known as Chenin noir, it has no known relation with Chenin blanc. (pictured).
Pineau d'Aunis has been grown throughout the Loire Valley.
White wine can be made from the red Pineau d'Aunis grapes by pressing whole clusters of the grape (example with Pinot noir) quickly after harvest, leaving no time for skin contact that extracts the color compounds of the skins into the clear juice.
Rosé
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A rosé is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforwar
A glass of rosé wine.
Many of the earliest red wines were closer in color to modern rosé since many of the early winemaking techniques involved pressing soon after harvest.
A stuck fermentation while producing a red wine from Zinfandel leads to the development of the rose-colored wine White Zinfandel.
One method of making rosé is to press the wine early (often after 12–24 hours of skin contact) while red wine producers will leave the juice macerating with the skins for several days or even weeks longer.