Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on September 22, 2026.
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You may be surprised to find out that wine grapes are being grown as far north as Denmark, and one of the reasons this otherwise cold climate is able to ripen grapes is that they are working on unique PIWI grapes that are bred to tolerate the weather.
PIWI grapes take on a number of definitions, but for the most part they are hybrid grapes bred for cold and disease tolerance in cooler climates- like Denmark.
This rose blend from Lindely Vingard featured two such PIWIs, Rondo and Cabernet Cortis, and could hold up with many other bottles of rose we've reviewed on this site to date.
A Delicious PIWI Rose from Lindely
This PIWI blend of Rondo and Cabernet Cortis was pale pink orange in color with medium aromas of red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, watermelon, watermelon rind, grapefruit, white blossom, and wet stone.
On the palate, it was dry with high acidity, medium alcohol, and medium(+) body, flavor intensity, and finish with no notable tannins present. We had notes a lot like the nose including red cherry, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, marmalade, orange peel, and pink grapefruit to name a few.
Other PIWI wines we've had have sometimes come with an unpleasant acid structure, and this one was surprising for being a well balanced wine all the same. If you wouldn't have told us it was hybrid grapes, we really wouldn't have been able to tell here!
Danish Rose Wine Food Pairing – Red Pepper Toast and Asian Salad
We paired this Danish rose with a red pepper toast and Asian salad meal as we thought the fruit-forward rose would hold up nicely to the capsicum-forward dish.
The toast itself brought out more orange notes where as the sesame-forward Asian salad highlighted citrus and rind notes. Both of these were fairly subtle changes, we admit, as the rose held its character nicely, but we appreciated the flavor spikes with each pairing all the same.
Score: 3 / 5
We'd buy another glass of this one.
Overall, it is really need to see PIWI grapes being grown in Denmark, and the fact that this rose could hold up to other more traditional grapes in bottle is a testament to just how far cool climate viticulture is coming. For that, we'd happily take another glass.
Lindely Vingard is located at Sdr. Vilstrupvej 149 in Kolding, Denmark. We purchased this bottle in Denmark and enjoyed it in 2026.
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