Rosso Fresco
⏳ Drinking Window
Best enjoyed young and vibrant, typically within 1–3 years of the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Charcuterie boards, grilled salmon, wood-fired margherita pizza
✨ Technical Specifications
Channing Daughters' Rosso Fresco is a vibrant, joyful expression of Long Island's maritime terroir, crafted to celebrate the brighter, fresher side of red wine. Translating to 'fresh red,' this cuvée is intentionally made in an approachable, fruit-forward style. Winemaker Christopher Tracy utilizes a diverse palette of grape varieties grown on the South Fork, combining traditional Bordeaux grapes with cool-climate European varieties. The wine undergoes fermentation in stainless steel and neutral oak barrels to preserve its lively primary fruit aromas and crisp acidity, avoiding the heavy oak influence often found in regional reds. It represents the winery's philosophy of seasonal, food-friendly, and low-intervention winemaking, offering a playful yet structurally sound red that can even be enjoyed with a light chill.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded by Walter Channing with initial vineyard plantings dating back to 1982 in Bridgehampton on Long Island's South Fork, Channing Daughters Winery stands as one of New York's most inventive and boundary-pushing artisanal producers. Guided by partner and winemaker Christopher Tracy alongside partner Larry Perrine, the estate champions low-intervention, sustainable viticulture across its distinctive maritime terroir. The winery is celebrated for its remarkably diverse and adventurous portfolio encompassing more than two dozen grape varieties, ranging from skin-contact orange wines like Meditazione and complex field blends like Mosaico to expressive single-vineyard expressions such as L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay and Scuttlehole Chardonnay. Through experimental fermentations, pet-nats, and traditional method sparklers, Channing Daughters continues to showcase the dynamic potential and saline elegance of East End winemaking.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Blaufränkisch, Dornfelder