A simple raspberry sangria recipe that's easy to whip up for a party and refreshing to sip on a hot summer day! I've also included instructions for making a raspberry simple syrup you can use to sweeten the sangria.
If you're here, I'm guessing you're all aboard the summer sangria party train! This easy raspberry sangria really is a great summer recipe because it's a refreshing cocktail that's easy to sip on a hot summer day, and you only need a few ingredients.
I wanted to make a sangria recipe that was simple, but not boring. I also wanted it to be easy to customize based on your personal preferences, because not everyone likes their sangria the same way. Some people want it to be as fruity as fruity can be, and others want it to be more dry. I enjoy it both ways, so this is easy to tweak as needed.
It's easy to make in large batches for parties and gatherings, and also incredibly versatile – so you can make it with a variety of different fruits and wines and make it differently every time!
How to make raspberry simple syrup
This is totally optional, but it makes a delicious sweetener if you find that the sangria is too dry for your tastes.
If you don't want to make the simple syrup, just jump down to the next header for instructions on making the raspberry rosé sangria!
Step 1: Gather your ingredients: raspberries, granulated sugar, and water.
Step 2: In a small saucepan, combine raspberries, sugar, and water over medium heat and bring it to a boil.
Step 3: Reduce heat and simmer until the sugar has dissolved and it has thickened to a thin syrup.
Step 4: Over a small bowl, push the syrup through a fine mesh sieve to catch all the raspberry seeds.
This will leave you only with the smooth liquid syrup. Place in the fridge to chill before you add it to the sangria.
Key Ingredients
- Raspberries – They need to be fresh raspberries and not frozen, as frozen raspberries will end up extra mushy and unappetizing.
- Lemon – Clean the outside of the lemon well, and then slice it into thin rounds, removing any seeds.
- Rosé wine – You can use a dry rosé or a fruitier rosé. If you prefer a less sweet sangria, then you may lean toward a drier rosé, and omit the raspberry simple syrup (you'll find the recipe for homemade raspberry simple syrup below and in the recipe card).
- Club soda – You can opt to use club soda just for the additional carbonation, or you can use lemon-lime soda to add a bit of sweetness and additional flavor.
How to make raspberry sangria
Step 1: Thinly slice a lemon, removing any seeds.
Step 2: Add lemon slices to the bottom of a pitcher.
Step 3: Now add your fresh raspberries to the pitcher.
Step 3: Top it all off with the bottle of rosé. Stir to combine, and place it in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes, and up to 1 hour.
Step 4: Distribute the chilled sangria between serving glasses, spooning in as much of the fruit as you'd like. Leave a bit of room for the club soda.
Step 5: Top each glass with club soda or lemon-lime soda, and serve immediately. Cheers!
Variations & Substitutions
- Add the bubbles just before serving. You can opt to add the club soda to the pitcher just before serving and give it all a little stir instead of topping each glass with club soda individually. Either way, just make sure you don't add the bubbles until you're ready to serve so it doesn't go flat.
- You can add the simple syrup, or omit it altogether. This sangria is plenty delicious without it, but if you opted to use a dry rosé and club soda, maybe you'd enjoy the extra flavor and sweetness the syrup would provide. It also deepens the color of the sangria, giving it a more ruby-red tone. If you've ever seen the Carlo Rossi Raspberry Sangria, that's similar to the color you'd get using all of the raspberry simple syrup.
- Add ice cubes! Some people like their sangria extra cold, so feel free to add ice cubes to each glass before adding the sangria. This also helps when you're trying to stretch the pitcher for more people ;)
- Try different fruit. This base for this sangria recipe only uses raspberries and lemon, but you could definitely try adding peaches, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, or green grapes. I would just avoid any darker-colored fruits like blueberries or blackberries, as they could tint the color of the sangria in an unappetizing way.
- Try different alcohols. For this raspberry sangria, we're only using rosé as the alcohol of choice. If you wanted to experiment, you could also try adding a raspberry vodka, white wine, brandy, or other spirits that strike your fancy. If you swap the rosé for a white wine like Moscato, you can turn this into a raspberry white wine sangria.
tl;dr: You won't know what you like until you try it! It's an excellent excuse to make a few different batches for a party, labeling each as the dry, sweet, and sweetest – then you and your guests can try them all and vote! It could make for a seriously fun (and tipsy) party game.
FAQs
If you opted to use a dry rosé and club soda, it may be on the less sweet side. But if you chose a fruitier and sweeter rosé and lemon-lime soda, it will be much sweeter.
For this raspberry sangria, we're only using rosé as the alcohol of choice. If you wanted to experiment, you could also try adding a raspberry vodka, white wine, brandy, or other spirits that strike your fancy.
This base for this sangria recipe only uses raspberries and lemon, but you could definitely try adding peaches, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, or green grapes. I would just avoid any darker-colored fruits like blueberries or blackberries, as they could tint the color of the sangria in an unappetizing way.
A red sangria will be deep red because it uses a red wine like a merlot, cabernet sauvignon. A rosé sangria will be more of a pink color because rosé wine is typically light pink.
I recommend letting the fruit in the sangria soak for at least 30 minutes, but no more than 1 hour – 2 hours absolute max. The raspberries will start to get mushy and fall apart, and it's less than appetizing.
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Description
Equipment
Ingredients
Raspberry Simple Syrup (optional):
- 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
- 2 ounces water
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
Raspberry Sangria:
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
- 750 mL rosé, 1 bottle
- 8 ounces lemon-lime soda or club soda
Instructions
Raspberry Simple Syrup (optional):
- In a small saucepan, combine raspberries, water and sugar over medium heat to bring it to a boil.1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries2 ounces water2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- Reduce heat and simmer until the sugar has dissolved and it has thickened to a thin syrup.
- Turn off heat and let cool for at least 5 minutes.
- Over a small bowl, push syrup through a mesh sieve to catch all the raspberries seeds, leaving you with only the smooth liquid.
Raspberry Sangria:
- In a pitcher, combine simple syrup (optional), raspberries, lemon slices and rosé. Place in fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour. Longer than that risks the raspberries getting mushy and falling apart.2 cups fresh raspberries1 lemon750 mL rosé
- Add club soda or lemon lime soda to pitcher just before serving and gently stir to combine.Alternatively, you can choose to instead top each glass individually with club soda just before serving.8 ounces lemon-lime soda or club soda
- If desired, fill each serving glass with ice cubes and then fill with sangria (and top with club soda, if you choose). Enjoy!
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Notes
- Add the bubbles just before serving. You can opt to add the club soda to the pitcher just before serving and give it all a little stir instead of topping each glass with club soda individually. Totally up to you.
- You can add the simple syrup, or omit it altogether. This sangria is plenty delicious without it, but if you opted to use a dry rosé and club soda, maybe you'd enjoy the extra flavor and sweetness the syrup would provide. It also deepens the color of the sangria, giving it a more ruby-red tone.
- Add ice cubes! Some people like their sangria extra cold, so feel free to add ice cubes to each glass before adding the sangria. This also helps when you're trying to stretch the pitcher for more people ;)
- Try different fruit. This base for this sangria recipe only uses raspberries and lemon, but you could definitely try adding peaches, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, or green grapes. I would just avoid any darker-colored fruits like blueberries or blackberries, as they could tint the color of the sangria in an unappetizing way.
- Try different alcohols. For this raspberry sangria, we're only using rosé as the alcohol of choice. If you wanted to experiment, you could also try adding a raspberry vodka, white wine, brandy, or other spirits that strike your fancy.
Nutrition Facts
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