Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 CALIOTHER he and his wife bought

he and his wife bought a plateau near Nîmes covered in rounded galets — the same stones you see in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

and the grape shows its raw

and built for time

The wine is lifted and silky in the Corvina mold

Charmes-Chambertin is the largest of Gevrey's Grand Crus

Alonso & Pedrajo Suane Rosado Reserva 2020 CALIOTHER he and his wife boughtThis is not a poolside rose. Alonso & Pedrajo, a young Rioja Alta project farming high altitude vines at the region's cool western edge, make their Suane rosado the old fashioned, serious way, with white and red grapes given skin contact and then aged in French oak. The result is pale salmon in the glass but structured and savory on the palate, with real texture and a mineral spine. It's a rose built for the dinner table rather than the aperitif hour.