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Rosatum Siue Rosa Sic Facies (Rose wine, made without roses)
Rosatum Siue Rosa Sic Facies (Rose wine, made without roses) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a classic method of fermenting wine that has a floral flavour due to the addition of citrus leaves in the fermentation process. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Rose wine, made without roses (Rosatum Sine Rosa Sic Facies).
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Serves:
16
Rating: 
Tags : Spice RecipesHerb RecipesAncient Roman Recipes
Original Recipe
Rosatum siue rosa sic facies: folia citri viridia in sportella palmea in dolium musti mittes antequam ferveat, et post quadraginta dies exime. cum necesse fuerit, mel addes et pro rosato utere.
Translation
Rose wine, made without roses: Place a small palm-frond basket full of fresh citrus leaves in a wide-mouthed jar of wine before fermentation has begun. After 40 days lift out (the basket). When it is needed, sweeten the wine with honey and use for rose wine.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
11kg red grapes or 11kg white grapes
1 handful of fresh citrus leaves, tied in a bag.
wine yeast
Method:
I am not going to give a detailed recipe here, as instructions for how to prepare wine is given in the Basic Red Wine Making and Basic White Wine Making pages.
In this case, however, remember to add the bag of citrus leaves in with the crushed grapes/grape juice and leave them in there during the fermentation process, only removing the bag when you come to the initial racking of the wine, then proceed exactly as described in the recipes given above.
Find more recipes from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria along with information on Apicius and his cookbook, all part of this site's Ancient Roman recipes collection.
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