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One of the true missionaries in the world of dry pink wines is Arnot-Roberts. We’ve been buying their sumptuous, delicious California rosé for over a decade now and it never fails to please. And, like the first robin we spy on the lawn each year, the arrival of their rosé is an early harbinger of spring as it’s usually one of the very first ones to appear from the previous year’s harvest. Their approach is unique, as Arnot-Roberts has long championed the traditional grapes of Port—Touriga Nacional and Tinta Cão—to produce this wine. They comb the state in search of the best examples of these dark, expressive, sun-loving grapes and then farm them expressly to be harvested early enough to preserve their bright natural acidity. Keep it cool, keep it clean and add a dash of Grenache for a bit of texture and fruit and you get a really quite serious and thoroughly lovely example of dry rosé, one of America’s best.
 
An intriguing pale pink with a coppery tinge (that would be the Tinta Cão speaking), it’s unbelievably fresh and snappy right now, but we know that with a little bit of time—maybe just about the time we start regularly hitting our backyards for summertime dining—that this bone-dry, ultra-food-friendly pink wine will be just hitting its stride. It’s a polished bottle of rosé whose elegant fruit and mineral finish makes any food pairing just that more dynamic.

***+ Arugulas and *** Hammocks on PRIMA’s Scientific Rosé Scale