Our take
Longford Estate Rose
- Style
- Rosé wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Monterey County
- Shelf barcode
- 0675829548523
Our take
What we make of this bottle
Planning a table for a warm evening gets to the rose question sooner or later, and this bottle, priced at $17.88 in our August 2026 checks, comes with a clear origin: Monterey County, California. That county name covers a wide spread of ground. Cool air and fog move off Monterey Bay and travel down a long inland valley, so the north of the county stays cool while the districts farther south grow considerably warmer. Monterey County is an origin used on wine labels for the county as a whole; tighter, federally drawn growing areas, among them the Monterey AVA, sit inside its lines.
The grape is confirmed. Our research confirms the grape as Pinot Noir, a thin-skinned red grape that also goes into many traditional-method sparkling wines. In regional category guides, the fruit words that recur for Pinot Noir are red cherry, berry and plum, with lighter color and softer tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon, and those guides add that site and ripeness can move the grape between a pale, delicate style and something deeper. Among the 448 rated wines we follow, the median score is 4.71; this wine, scored 1 out of five by 1 shopper so far, sits below that mark, in the lowest stretch of the range. That is one person's score.
If you are choosing between roses at the shelf, the useful fact here is a named grape from a named county: a Pinot Noir rose, sold in a 750 ml bottle. Beyond the grape, no producer account is confirmed in our evidence. The price we recorded was $17.88, in our August 2026 checks.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 14, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$17.88
The regular price can vary by store and date.
Research status
What we are still checking
Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.
Getting to know Monterey County.
Monterey County runs from cool country near Monterey Bay into much warmer southern valleys. A county origin gives useful context, but the exact AVA or vineyard is needed before treating the area as one growing site.
What the name means
Monterey County is a California county and a wine origin used on labels, not one single AVA. The county contains the Monterey AVA and other federally recognized growing areas with narrower boundaries.
How grapes grow here
A long valley pulls cool air and fog inland from Monterey Bay. That influence is strongest in the north and weakens toward warmer southern districts, with daily wind and temperature changes along the way.
What lies under the vines
The regional association reports eight broad soil types across the county, including sandy, loamy, gravelly and calcareous ground. A Monterey County label does not identify which one supplied the wine.
How large the region is
- County vineyard area
- The regional association reports about 53,000 vineyard acres.
- Recognized AVAs
- Ten American Viticultural Areas lie wholly or partly within Monterey County.
Places within the region
- Monterey AVA
- This large AVA runs through much of the county and contains several smaller AVAs.
- Other county AVAs
- Santa Lucia Highlands, Arroyo Seco, Carmel Valley and Chalone are among the county's separate growing areas.
Getting to know Pinot Noir.
Pinot Noir is a red grape with relatively thin skins. It is used for still red wine and as one of the main grapes in many traditional-method sparkling wines.
Category guide
What to expect in the glass
Regional category guides commonly describe red cherry, berry and plum, with lighter color and less tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon. Site and ripeness can shift it from bright and delicate to darker and fuller.
Sources: New Zealand Winegrowers; Napa Valley Vintners. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier, and shopper rating. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.