rosé, n.2 (a.2)
(ˈrəʊzeɪ, ‖ roze)
[ellipt. for F. vin rosé pink wine.]
1. A wine that is light red or pink in colour.
| 1897 A. Beardsley Let. 17 May (1970) 320, I have just vomited up the meals of the last two or three days. You see your Saint Marceau (royal rosé) has been avenged. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon 491 Valdepenas is..excellent in both white and rosée [sic.]. 1951 E. David French Country Cooking 26 Rosés of Anjou and Tavel. 1959 News Chron. 9 Dec. 6/6 It says of a Portuguese Rosé: ‘..Pale pink but sparkling’. 1960 House & Garden June 118/3 A Vin Rosé from the Côte du Rhône will cost you about 8s and a Rosé from Anjou a little more. 1974 Guardian 24 Jan. 13/5 True rosé is made from black grapes when the skins are left in the vat for the first one to three days of fermentation. Ibid. 13/6 The rosé makers can adjust acidity by early or late picking. |
2. attrib. or as adj. Of a wine: that is a vin rosé; light red or pink in colour. Also transf.
| 1959 Good Food Guide 34 Rosé and white Bordeaux, 10/6. Ibid. 199 About three dozen wines, beginning with white and rosé ordinaires at 12/6 (oddly, no red). 1960 Harper's Bazaar Apr. 115/2 Add 1 bottle dry rosé wine. 1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 417/2 Not to be forgotten are the rosé wines of Portugal. 1974 Harrods Christmas Catal. 14 Ostrich feather boa..shades of mandarin/rosé {pstlg}36. 1977 Times 12 Feb. 7/2 Pastry, rosé meat, rough-cut pâté and lambent juices. |