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10 Best Sweet Rose Wine Bottles (2024): Flavors, Prices, Food Pairings

by Anthony Zhang

Whether you crave a sweet, refreshing wine on a summer noon or a dessert wine for your Christmas dinner, a good bottle of sweet Rosé will do the trick!

Sweet Rosé wines are deliciously fruity, and come in a variety of styles and sweetness levels. Let’s explore 10 of the best sweet Rose wine bottles and the 5 main sweet Rose wine styles with their food pairings. We’ll also reveal how Rose is made and the varying sweetness levels of the different pink styles.

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10 Best Sweet Rose Wine Bottles To Try In 2024

Here are some of the most delicious sweet Rose wine options:

1. 1999 André Beaufort a Ambonnay Grand Cru Doux Rose ($311)

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This pink Champagne is bold and highly acidic with a fresh strawberry and apricot flavor and pleasant mineral finish. It’s also one of the sweetest Champagne bottles you’ll find with over 50 grams of residual sugar per liter.

2. 2007 Roscato Rose Dolce Provincia di Pavia IGT ($12)

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This sweet Italian Rose has a bright pink color and delicate bubbles. The wine has a fragrant aroma of red berries and cotton candy.

It’s a rare Rose blend of Pinot Noir, Croatina, and Teroldego red grapes.

3. 2012 Oak Vineyards White Zinfandel ($59)

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This 2012 White Zinfandel wine is a pale pink Rose with fruity notes of apricot, raspberry, citrus, and sweet tropical fruits.

4. Korbel Cellars California Champagne sweet Rosé ($14)

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This is a darker Rosé Champagne with medium acidity, red fruit aroma, and strawberry and raspberry flavors.

This sweet Rosé is a blend of several red grape varieties, including Gamay, Zinfandel, and Pinot Noir grapes

5. 2011 Croft Pink Rose ($15)

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The Croft Pink Rosé is the first Rose Port ever made.

This pink wine has raspberry, red currant, strawberry syrup, and rose aroma notes.

Its intense fruit flavor, sweetness, and high alcohol content (19.5% ABV) make it a great ingredient to experiment and create spiced up cocktails like Pink Earl and Sangria.

6. Barefoot Bubbly Pink Moscato Sparkling ($10)

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Barefoot Bubbly Pink Moscato is a sweet sparkling wine with red fruit notes. So you can expect tons of strawberry, raspberry, and watermelon flavors.  

This blush wine is produced from the delicious Moscato grape and offers a creamy, refreshing finish.

7. Bottega 'Petalo Il Vino dell Amore Manzoni Moscato' Spumante Dolce Rose Colli Euganei ($23)

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This is another beautiful Italian sparkling Rosé produced from the Moscato grape.

The wine reveals tree fruit notes with hints of raspberry.

8. 1987 Azienda Agricola Valentini Cerasuolo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Rose ($285)

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Cerasuolo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Rosé is an expensive pink wine produced from the Montepulciano red wine grape variety.

This rich and fruity blush wine by Valentini (a historic estate in the Abruzzo wine region) is packed with red fruit flavors, including cherry, raspberry, and wild strawberry. You’ll also notice hints of coffee, minerals, and oak.

9. 2012 Mateus The Original Rose ($56)

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The Mateus sweet wine has a very bright hue and is a rare blend of Baga, Rufete, Tinta Barroca, and Touriga Franca grape varieties. It’s well-balanced and slightly fizzy with strawberry, raspberry, citrus, and vanilla notes.

10. Moët & Chandon Nectar Impérial Rosé ($74)

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Moet and Chandon Nectar Imperial Rose is a sweet Champagne with a coral hue and intense rose gold reflections. If you wish to try a sweet Pinot Noir Rose, this wine could be it. 

This Pinot Noir-dominant blend also includes some Pinot Meunier (30-40%), and Chardonnay (20-30%).

The fruity flavor profile includes blackcurrant, wild strawberry, and raspberry notes followed by vanilla and brown sugar underlayers.

Now, let’s look at the sweetness levels and the grape varieties that fall under each category.

Rosé Wine Sweetness Levels

Here’s a simple chart on Rose sweetness levels:

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Here are the 5 popular sweet Rosé wine styles:

1. White Zinfandel 

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White Zinfandel is a bright pink Rose made from the Zinfandel wine grape (often used to produce a bold and spicy red wine.) 

This wine has fresh fruit flavors of raspberry and strawberry, and some notes of smoked spice.

Food pairing: White Zinfandel pairs well with spicy foods, soft cheeses, creamy pasta, and smoked meats.

2. White Merlot

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White Merlot is a pale pink wine made from the Merlot grape variety.

The wine has a dominant berry flavor with notes of cherries and raspberries and hints of honey. 

Food pairing: This sweet wine pairs well with meat dishes, tomato sauces, and sour foods.

3. Pink Moscato

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Pink Moscato is a very sweet Rosé. It gets its pink color from adding a bit of Merlot or other red wine to a Moscato white wine.

This kind of Rose wine packs flavors of peach, apricot, cherry, pomegranate, and berry.

Food pairing: Pink Moscato works great with seafood dishes and light desserts.

4. Sweet Sparkling Rosé

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Sweet sparkling Rosé, including Rosé Champagne, has a creamy texture with fresh fruit flavors of raspberry and refreshing rose aroma. 

The easiest way to identify their sweetness is by the wine label terms.

  • Doux, Dolce, and Dulce: Sweet sparkling wine (more than 45 g of sugar/liter).
  • Demi-sec, Amabile, and semi-seco: Medium-sweet sparkling wine (up to 45 g of sugar/liter). 

Food pairing: This sparkling wine style pairs well with chicken dishes, BBQs, shellfish, and chocolate. 

5. Montepulciano

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Montepulciano Rosé is a medium-bodied, red-colored sweet wine produced in the Abruzzo region of Italy. 

Montepulciano Rosé wine typically has notes of cinnamon, dried fruit, clove, and orange peel.

Food pairing: This sweet Rosé goes well with salty cheeses, fresh pasta, tangy foods, and tomato-based sauces.

How Is Rosé Wine Made?

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Rose winemaking includes:

  • Crushing: The grapes are crushed and produce clear juice.
  • Maceration: The red grape skins are left to sit with the pressed grape juice for a short duration. The length of maceration can be a few hours to 48 hours. The color of the grape skins bleeds into the clear juice, creating the wine's beautiful pink hue.
  • Fermentation: The grape skins are removed, and the juice is fermented to produce Rose.

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If you prefer sweet over dry Rosé, there are plenty of options you can choose from, so you can find your perfect tipple.

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