Pinko de Mayo: La Valentina 2014 Rosé Paired with Chicken Pesto Pasta Bake

In honor of May being the month of Rosé wines, I figured I’d pick up three wines available for under $15 to pair with food and write about. These are wines you don’t need to cellar, but you can if you’d like. It’s nice, though to have wine on hand you can open up and drink at dinner on a Friday evening. And open up and enjoy is what we did. The first of the wines I paired up was the 2014 La Valentina Rosé, Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo, and I paired it with a chicken pesto pasta macaroni and cheese dish. Believe me when I say it, this is not your average mac and cheese. You can find the recipe at the end of this post. 

2014 La Valentina Rosé

The La Valentina 2014 Rosé has a lovely pink berry juice color to it. This is a dry rosé wine. It is fruity and young and green, but in a good way. It is full bodied, and had notes of strawberries and watermelon. It’s also got a bit of smoke to it that pairs well with the bleu cheese in the pasta bake. It also had flavors of bell pepper and black pepper on the finish. The 2014 La Valentina Rosé is lovely wine, great for pairing with food or drinking on its own. 

Have you tried the wine? Post your thoughts about it in the comments section. Remember, I have two other rosé wines to talk about soon!

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