A fresh and elegant sip: Ramón Bilbao Rosado 2024

Bep Al·lès/Ciutadella - Imagine a summer sunset —soft light, relaxed conversation, or simply a moment to enjoy in peace— and a wine that fits perfectly. This is the Ramón Bilbao Rosado 2024, which Vinum-Menorca brings us this week. We are faced with a reinterpretation of the classic Rioja claret, with a contemporary aesthetic and a very well-defined personality.

View: in the glass, it wears a delicate grapefruit pink color, clean and bright, faithful to the Provençal-style rosé that inspired its creation thirteen years ago. The new label, screen-printed and minimalist, reinforces this crisp, refined and resolute air.

On the nose: it is presented with notes of wild strawberry, spider plant and white flowers that emerge with elegance. 80% Grenache and 20% Viura, grown between 550 and 770 m above sea level on rocky soils, give a delicate minerality that can be seen in the aromas.

In the mouth: you enter a symphony of freshness and balance. The acidity is vibrant, the texture is silky, and the finish is surprisingly long and slightly mineral. All in all, a wine with a gastronomic character, ideal for relaxed lunches, good food and al fresco dinners in good company.

Pairing: ideas to shine at the table

This rosé adapts like comfortable and elegant shoes: it goes with a variety of dishes, from the simplest to the most elaborate.

Fresh appetizers and starters: white asparagus, seafood salpicon, grilled vegetables or red prawn carpaccio. The citrus and lively counterpoint of the wine elevates them like a subtle caress.

Seafood and fish: thanks to its freshness and minerality, it goes perfectly with seafood (red prawns, mussels, cockles), grilled fish or light ceviches, tartares and tatakis.

Rice and soft pasta: a rabbit, cuttlefish, chicken and prawn paella; a tuna carpaccio or a seafood rice dish go well with the contrast and lightness of rosé.

Oriental and spicy cuisine: spicy dishes, aromatic herbs or light spiciness do not overwhelm the wine, but play with its clarity and subtlety. A perfect wine to accompany a red prawn curry or a yellow chicken curry.

Tapas and various starters: soft cold cuts, buttery cheeses, fruit salads... A versatile combination that is always to everyone's taste.

The Ramón Bilbao Rosado 2024 is an invitation to well-tamed freshness, a wine that invites you to taste and share without rushing. It is informal but refined, a wine that pays homage to the tradition of clarets while looking towards current expression. Its lively acidity and natural harmony make it ideal for relaxed gatherings, tapas worthy of those simple moments that you remember with a smile.
Let's toast to summer sunsets, friends, and this rosé that knows how to add a touch of comfortable elegance to any table. Cheers!

If you want to know more about this rosé made with viura and garnacha, made from curiosity and excellence, you can find it at VINUM, at Carrer Mariners i Pescadors, 4 in the Polígon Industrial de Ciutadella.

Si voleu saber més d’aquest vi, el podeu trobar a VINUM, al Carrer Mariners i Pescadors, 4 del Polígon Industrial de Ciutadella.

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