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.
Mourvèdre is a red wine grape variety grown in many regions around the world. It is found in the Rhône and Provence regions of France, the Valencia, Alicante and Jumilla, Bullas and Yecla denominacion
Mourvèdre grapes
Mourvèdre from an early 20th-century ampelography text
A rosé Bandol wine from Provence made mostly from Mourvèdre.