Rosé Sangria
This rosé sangria is fruity, light, just the right amount of sweet, and perfect for sipping on anytime of year. I serve it at my family's huge Thanksgiving dinner each year to rave reviews! It takes 10-minutes to make and is always a crowd-pleaser.
🔍 Recipe At-A-Glance: Rosé Sangria
- ⏰ Prep Time: 10 minutes
- 🕰️ Chill Time: 2+ hours
- 🍷 Flavor Profile: Sweet, fruity, tangy. A little bit of warmth thanks to the cinnamon. Everything you love about rosé wine-made even better!
- 🍊 Good For: Cookouts, potlucks, book club, Thanksgiving dinner, Friendsgiving, pairing with a charcuterie board (learn how to make a cheese board)
- ↪️ Make Ahead: Flavors are better if it sits in the fridge for a bit, so make it early!
- 🧡 Difficulty: If you can pour a bottle of wine, you can make this sangria.
"I made the Rosé Sangria for Thanksgiving, and it was fabulous!!!"
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🧡 Why You'll Love This Recipe
Hiya friend: I'd like to introduce you to the sangria I make every Thanksgiving (by request) for my entire family! I pair it with my Thanksgiving charcuterie board for a perfect pre-game. This rosé sangria recipe is light, fruity, and has a warmth thanks to cinnamon and apple cider.
Here's why you'll love this recipe:
- It's so pretty: This sangria is a beautiful deep pink color thanks to the rosé wine, and she's a stunner in a glass!
- Crowd-pleasing: Legit one of my most requested recipes from my very own extended family. I bring it by the gallon to my family Thanksgiving dinner!
- The perfect balance: It is sweet enough to mask the flavor of booze (read: it sneaks up on you), but not so sweet it feels like you're drinking a milkshake (read: makes you sick).
- Make ahead: Sangria is designed to be made ahead, so cross that off your list early!
- So versatile: It's festive enough for fall gatherings, but also works perfectly for summer barbecues, potlucks, or even your monthly book club meetings.
🍷 The Ingredients You Need
- Rosé wine: Because of all the mix-ins, you don't have to get a top notch bottle of wine for this recipe-the flavors of the fruit and spices will cover up a lot of wine sins.
- Apple cider: Just like with my apple cider sangria recipe, apple cider adds some sweetness and fruity flavor to this sangria.
- Apple brandy or applejack (optional): I like adding a little extra oomph with some apple brandy or applejack to my sangria, but this is optional
- Fresh fruit: Oranges, lemon, apples, and lime add to the fruit flavor (and make the pitcher look oh so gorgeous).
- Cinnamon sticks: Whole cinnamon sticks add some warmth and spice. Similar to the vibe you get with my warm spiked apple cider, but make it sangria.
- Club soda: I like to top off my sangria with some club soda right before serving for some bubbly fun.
Make sure to check the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, along with quantities and my expert tips and tricks.
🔁 Variations & Substitutions
- Use red wine: For a red wine sangria with a similar flavor profile, check out my apple cider sangria.
- Make it pumpkin spice: Want a truly fall-tastic sangria? My pumpkin sangria is for you.
- Make it non-alcoholic: Use alcohol-removed rosé and skip the apple brandy.
- Make it for a crowd: This sangria easily doubles, triples, or more! I make it in a 2-gallon serving jug for my 20+ person family Thanksgiving. I usually use boxed rosé wine when I make it in batches that large.
🍇 How to Make Rosé Sangria
Step 1: Slice the apples, orange, lemon, and lime.
Step 2: Combine all ingredients, except the club soda, into a large pitcher.
Step 3: Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight.
Step 4: Add in chilled club soda right before serving.
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🙋🏻♀️ Rosé Sangria FAQs
If combining with sugar or fruit juices, a dry, crisp rosé will be the best option to make sure the sangria isn't too sweet. Sangria is a great place to use less expensive wine, since the mix-ins can hide harsh flavors.
Red sangria uses red wine as a base, where rosé sangria uses pink rosé wine. While the inclusions can vary by the recipe, red sangria typically has stronger flavors to balance out the bold red wine including citrus fruits and spices, whereas rosé sangria typically uses lighter-flavored fruits like apples and berries.
👩🏻🍳 My Expert Tips & Tricks
- Let it meld, but not too long: Sangria tastes best after at least two hours of time melding in the fridge, but preferably overnight. But don't let it meld too long! The citrus peels can turn sangria bitter, so if you are stashing it for more than 24 hours, strain the citrus fruit out.
- Save the club soda for the end: Top off your pitcher with club soda right before serving to preserve the bubbles.
- Don't get arrested, k? Check your local liquor laws re: having open alcohol containers in a car before making this ahead and driving it to an event. You can get an alcohol-free jumpstart by mixing the apple cider with the fruit and cinnamon and allowing that to meld overnight, and then just add the wine and apple brandy when you arrive at your location. Give it at least 30-60 minutes melding time before serving.
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📖 Recipe
Rosé Sangria Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 bottle rosé wine
- 2 cups apple cider
- 1 cup apple brandy or applejack optional
- 3 apples cored, quartered, and thickly sliced
- 1 lime quartered
- 1 lemon quartered
- 1 orange quartered and thickly sliced
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 cup club soda chilled
Instructions
- Combine rosé wine, apple cider, apple brandy or apple jack (if using), fruit, and cinnamon sticks in a pitcher.
- Chill for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight, before serving.
- Before serving, add in chilled club soda.
Notes
- You don't need to spend money on an expensive bottle of rosé for this recipe-any low or mid-level rosé works.
- I prefer a more dry rosé to balance out the sweetness of the apple cider.
- Sangria tastes best after at least two hours of time melding in the fridge, preferably overnight.
- The citrus peels can turn sangria bitter, so if you are stashing it for more than 24 hours, strain the citrus fruit out.
- Top off your pitcher with club soda right before serving to preserve the bubbles.
What type of apple cider did y’all use?
Any unsweetened apple cider works great!
My go to Sangria every year for Thanksgiving!
This is an awful sangria, so disappointed. I added some peach schnapps to give it some flavor and that helped but won’t make this ever again.
What was the issue you had with trying this recipe?
Cassie, I made the Rose Sangria for Thanksgiving and it was fabulous!!! Easy to prepare - I made it one day before indulging and equally easy to digest after our meal. Thank you for sharing, I pray you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I'm really hoping for a drama free holiday, but with parents visiting for nearly 2 weeks, this sangria may come in real handy 🙂
This looks wonderful! FYI red wine gives me wicked heartburn too! I've never met anyone else with that issue. Yay, I"m not a freak!