ROSE WINE

Fontaleoni is a family estate run by brother and sister team, Matteo and Simona Troiani, with a little help from consultant Paolo Caciorgna. They've succeeded in producing a range that is emblematic of the best of what the region has to offer with particular emphasis on Vernaccia.

Like all their wines they get the primo treatment in the winery. A blend of 70% Sangiovese and 30% Merlot this presents with a top note of rose-petal, plum, and wild cranberry. Its bright and crunchy mouthfeel gives way to soft red fruits and that sangiovese sour cherry we all know and love. I don't know why we don't see more sangiovese base rose as they seem to get that balance of savoury and sweet so well, especially when they are pink.

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Limpid orange. Mineral-accented blood orange, strawberry, floral and succulent herb scents show fine definition and pick up a spicy nuance with air. Chewy and densely packed yet energetic and sharply focused on the palate, offering vibrant red berry, bitter cherry, citrus pith and honeysuckle flavors and a deeper peach pit flourish. The mineral and floral notes return on the very long, precise finish. JOSH RAYNOLDS, vinous.com

50% Mourvèdre, 25% Grenache, 25% Cinsault.  An exceptional expression of Bandol Rose. Brilliant Sites, considered farming (organic) & purposeful wine making.

52/48% grenache/mourvèdre. A rosé of serious intent focusing on 2 Rhône Valley grape varieties perfectly in sync. Boasts concentrated flavour and a degree of complexity not generally seen at this price. Morello cherry, raspberry, rose and cardamom spice up this confection-pink rosé. Juicy energy in the mouth. Flavour is intense and runs deep with a firm tannin grip as company. A rosé to savour. JENI PORT, James Halliday

Ah Tahbilk. They should be protected under heritage laws or something. This is punchy and serious rose from a producer that does not shy away from bold flavours and big fruit while capturing a particular Australian flair. This is no wuss.

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A lovely lift of red cherries, pomegranate and white nectarines leads into a fleshy and textured core. Subtle herbal tones of fennel and dried thyme and wild strawberries join in the chorus too. There's presence and intensity thanks to the riper 2022 vintage, balanced by a spine of chalky acidity. Pleasing phenolics on the finish add a tantalising chew, like biting through peach skins. A hint of white pepper to finish adds a twist (reminds me of adding pepper to strawberries, shouldn't work but it does!). Keep this delightful thirst slaker on hand this summer. GABRIELLE POY, PWS

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This is from Owen Latta’s family label here with the Eastern Peake range with the fruit for this wine is grown by long term friends Frank & Kerry Walsh, directly over the road on the same soil type as Eastern Peake weathered basalt on grey loam. Frank first established with pinot noir in 1995 then a second 1 acre planting in 2003 with Syrah (Clone PT23).

The Syrah  was whole bunch pressed, fermented in large format Stockinger Austrian oak with indigenous yeasts, 11 months lees contact, racked, estate bottled. A small amount of sulphur post malo & pre bottling. No fining, filtering or Tinkering. Thoughtfully produced to reflect on where it was grown.

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75% Garnatxa, with 5% Syrah and 10% Merlot. 10% of Lasendal Tinto is free run bled after 8 hours' skin contact.

A beautiful Garnatxa Tinto in miniature ... It's everything about the berry but lighter, fresher and zippier. Beautiful red fruits of the forest with an appley crunch, a light wave of Montsant's limestone soils and delicate fruit tannins in a nice buzzing herbal register ... Mas Donís pink has a lovely juicy and refreshing primary feel without any sugar heft. It fits and sits right in the middle of the palate, leaving a perfect amount of space - an invitation to be completed with riotous chat-and-chew action. Well cut with earthy acidity, the rosehip and maraschino palate is vibrant and has very neat lines.

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Off-dry rosé is made from 100% Grenache and is made full of generous texture. This pale copper hued rose has plenty of mouth filling characters of ginger and baking spice aromatics, earl grey tea tannins and a long fruitful finish. Handpicked estate grown fruit, wild fermented and unfined.

Peach tea, melon, a herb and floral perfume, fennel seeds, strawberries too. It’s juicy, but balanced, lots of fresh strawberry and raspberry, bright acidity, a chalky and dusty texture, succulent with it, a glycerol slipperiness, though it finishes tight, with a twist of blood orange and excellent length. Nice. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front

Biodynamic viticulture is of surprising rarity in the Provence region given the ideal sunny and windy conditions; one outstanding practitioner is the tiny property of Domaine les Fouques, run by Yves Gros, with the wine made by daughter Christelle. Guinea fowl and chickens are also farmed here. At a mere 17 hectares and in a stunning setting, a visit here offers a somewhat mystical quality.

 

Pale, shimmering orange-pink. Spice-accented red currant, cherry and floral scents pick up a hint of orange pith with air. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and red berry flavors and a touch of candied lavender. Finishes long and silky, with repeating florality and a zesty snap of white pepper. VINOUS

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Mordoree Cotes du Rhone Tavel Rose 2022 is a rosé wine that stands out for its lively refreshment, delicate red fruitiness, and complementary spice. It is crafted from a blend of 40% Grenache, 35% Syrah, 15% Cinsault, 5% Carignan, and 5% Mourvèdre. The wine's color is rosé, slightly orange, and it offers aromas of crystallized oranges and cherries, with a palate that is very rounded, fresh, and long finish.

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100% Nebbiolo Rosé from the Alpi Retiche IGT in the province of Sondrio. Light and fresh, offering a bouquet of the freshest red berries with a touch of earthiness that will remind you of Alpine summer evenings. Matured in stainless steel 6 months prior to bottling. MAMETE PREVOSTINI

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Pale rosado, delicate and savoury. Strawberry, watermelon, blood orange, mineral backbone. Gastronomic and refreshing.

A historic field blend of red and white grapes co-fermented. Pale pink, with cherry, citrus and savoury herb. Dry and refreshing.

Claríto is a tribute to the deep traditions of Rioja, updated perhaps. ‘Back in the day’ such wines were the epitome of a Village Rioja. In little towns, a small amount of Viura would trickle in, but it would take days to fill a press, so it was ‘little-by-little’ adding whatever correctly-picked fruit came in until a batch was ready, first white then later some red.

In 2022, the Viura was picked (September 14th), de-stemmed and macerated for 3 days or so until the red was ready to pick. This was added as 100% whole bunch Garnacha atop the white. After a couple of days co-maceration, it was gently pressed to a yield of just 65%. The young Clarete must was then left to ferment spontaneously in combination of a 3,200L raw concrete vat and a 2,000L stainless tank. Working with lots of skins, the fermentation started easily and was done in 8 days. The young wine and its fine lees were then aged in gorgeous raw concrete cubes for 8 months (a portion aged in a single old 1,000 litre foudre), stirred occasionally to protect from reduction During this time, natural malolactic conversion happens to create balance and palate structure. No sulphur additions are made to the wine.

The subtle orange look of Claríto ‘22 is matched on the nose with a line of tangerine skin. This fragrance plays beautifully around an air of ‘dust in a Rioja vineyard’, along with faded roses. Dried silage (including a hint of pickle) and sea shell smells tell of Viura grown in chalk. The nose is deep, bell-clear, like smelling the water in a well, many feet down, below the dust, the heat, the haze. Cool and still. The throat develops a deep compulsive tickle of desire to swallow. One is drawn in. In the mouth, there’s savoury roundness backlit citric with orange and golden persimmon, crabapples, brushed steel earthiness, faded florals. Steel magnolias and cherry skins in short. It’s edged by deep chalky minerality and run through with tangible energy … a circle with a line through it. Plenty of skinsy-tannin mouthfeel gives ungrippy grip, presence without tension.

 

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The 2024 Rosa by KT is sourced from Watervale and uses fruit harvested specifically to produce this unique rosada. The fruit is hand picked and whole bunch press to ensure the gentlest of extraction. This wild fermented blend of 80% Shiraz and 20% Riesling shows exotic perfume of fresh red berry fruits and has a juicy freshness and refreshing finish.

A textural, medium-bodied rosato, the 2023 Rosato sees the return of a small amount of saignéed nebbiolo. Paired with the bright & fruit-drive barrel-fermented sangiovese, this new release wine holds enticing medium weight

An elegant medium-bodied rosato possesses a nose of enticing strawberries & cream, dark cherry & ripe raspberry notes, with savouriness following on the palate thanks to a portion of saignéed nebbiolo & fermentation in old French oak barriques & puncheons. The textural mouthfeel is accompanied by notes of sour cherry wood & pleasing phenolics. A nuanced finish with balanced acid and tannin, this easy-drinking Rosato epitomises European savouriness alongside sangiovese's cherry-dominated generosity.

100% Sangiovese. The Rosato is made by a bleeding of the must. Alcolic fermentation takes place in old barriques without temperature control and no selected east. We don’t make any malolactic fermentation to keep much better the flavors notes. Following the batonage for three times per week. In April / May, without any filtration, during the waning moon is bottled by gravity.

Nestled on the hillsides of the Layon Valley in Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, Anjou, the Sauveroy vineyard covers 28 hectares, currently in conversion to organic farming. Quentin, Véronique, and Pascal Cailleau, the third generation at the helm. The estate cultivates Chenin, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grolleau Noir and Gris, Gamay, and Chardonnay with an empirical and artisanal approach.

SPECIAL VALUE - Made from sangiovese (73%) off two sites in Seaview, and estate-grown, young vine grenache (27%) in the Willunga foothills. The colour is in a classic zone, but on the assertive end, with flavours similarly, though not aggressively, forthright. Cherry, raspberry, Campari, white pepper, a brush of hardy herbs; it’s a gastronomic style, or rather a transitional one, with aperitif appeal quietly ushering towards food. It does both things well. MARCUS ELLIS, Halliday Wine Companion

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SPECIAL VALUE - What a trio – Beechworth sangiovese and cabernet and Alpine Valleys aglianico – and the meeting is a seductive, wild red fruit fest for the senses. Dusty, earthy, morello cherries, cracked pepper and almond fragrance. Savoury, floral redcurrant, cherry and almond meal notes guide the palate, showing plenty of crunch and energy along the way. Finishes texturally dry JENI PORT, Halliday Wine Companion

almon pink in appearance. Lifted aromas of bramble, cherry, dried flowers and spice. There's a drive of red fruits, spice and a touch of sappiness on the palate and the acidity delivers plenty of ping. AARON BRASHER, The Real Review

The important thing to consider when pouring a glass of this playful pink is provenance. The very same commitment, energy, artistry and effort that goes into producing some of the country's very best wines is deployed here, too. It's just the Cullen way. It's a quietly humming, delicately perfumed and neatly balanced Rosie, awash with macerated raspberries and cherries, and a little dried strawberry too. There's a whiff of dried rose petal and a judicious dusting of spice. (94) NICK RYAN

There’s not much more you could ask for in a classically styled rosé – from the brilliant rose gold hue, the lifted aromatics, textural slosh of the palate and crisply vibrant and pithily detailed conclusion, with rose and orange blossom scents and good-time feelings trailing oh-so long. The vintage has gifted depth and intensity without overt weight. It’s complex, too. Pink grapefruit, musk, rosy florals, cinnamon, fresh pomegranate, watermelon, cut fennel and blood orange all feature in a headily lifted expression that is a pure joy to drink. It’s full throttle but deliciously so. Yes, I say! (95) MARCUS ELLIS, Halliday Wine Companion

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Modern Viognier - textural, aromatic, engaging. Citrus, honeysuckle, ginger and fresh apricot, with zippy acidity and texture.

A light dry red, made for drinking chilled in the outdoors! Made from early-season, handpicked Durif, dialled right back to offer fresh and moreish red fruit flavours. It's all juicy cherry, raspberry, red currant and savoury herb kind of vibes. A day on skins delivers beautiful colour and food-friendly tannin. Wild fermented. Super smashable, this wine is all about freshness and fun.

From one of the three Ott estates, with vineyards running down to the beach and cooled by maritime winds comes this palest of pale rosés. Starting delicately, before opening out to notes of orange, perfumed citrus, crunchy red berries, a taut, briney elegance and salted peaches. The saline minerality jostles with pretty but intense concentration and jubilant acidity. Perfumed, juicy and mouthwatering freshness with lovely varietal expression from this blend of Grenache, Cinsault and Rolle. DECANTER

Slick, beautifully composed, uber fresh and buoyant, the kind of wine that slides across your palate, refreshing and enlivening as it washes your mouth with tart red fruit, ripe peach and a surge of rocky minerality. The tannins form a faint, plucky web of texture, faintly sandy in their presentation. They really bring this up to a level that is distinctly sophisticated, the interplay between those subtly grainy phenolics, the juicy and upbeat fruit, and the crisp acidity all combines to deliver an impeccably well balanced and thoroughly convincing Rose that's impossible not to love. One of the most pristine, crisp and detailed renditions of this genuine icon I can recall. ROSCOE

While the Romassan is all plushness and the de Selle is all drive, the 2024 Rosé Clos Mireille is all about fine delineation and precision. The core of fruit here is so pure. White cherry, white nectarine, apricot and Seville orange are all crystal clear. Everything about the 2024 speaks to pedigree, calibrated winemaking and finesse. The Clos Mireille is superb and uncompromising in its balance. Provence Rosé at its finest. BILLY NORRIS, Vinous Media

Mourvèdre from the Lennon vineyard complements the home Rende vineyard grenache and syrah. A ruddy orange hue. This is another serious rosé from Vanguardist. Savoury, riffing on Italian digestivo and vermouth - orange peel, bitter herbs, coriander seeds, cinnamon, angelica - paired with tamarind, sour plum, pomegranate, cherry juice and wild thyme. The mouthfeel and architecture are as engaging as the flavour palette, chewy, silty, faintly slippery, concluding with crisp dryness. Excellent, and a stellar illustration of why the rosé category is now not just of high quality but also richly diverse. (96) MARCUS ELLIS

The 2023 Rosé Château Romassan captivates with a bouquet that mixes savory and sweet, as nuances of D'Anjou pear and lime zest combine with spring flowers, ginger and green melon. This is vividly fruit-focused within, with cooling acidity and silken textures, coming across as lifted and refined yet also potent. Its minerality shines through the finish, crisp, nearly crunchy and long with a spicy tinge that pinches at the palate. Complexity and shear depth make the Chateau Romassan impossible to ignore ERIC GUIDO, Vinous Media

This illustrates just how different the Mourvèdre-based rosés of this coastal appellation can be, in comparison to rosés from the rest of Provence. Delicately pale salmon pink. Restrained aromas of bruised peach, garrigue and barely ripe apricots. The Mourvèdre shines here with concentration, sour lemon acidity and creamy, ripe, sweet black fruit. There is fine-grained minerality leading to linear austerity and a mouthwatering finish. DECANTER

Mireille is my favourite Rose. Romassan is "better" this year. As is always the case here, Romassan is more everything. The colour is deeper, (both are pale but there just a little more to the hue of pink) the fruit more pronounced, a little softer and rounder in the mouth. It's a fulsome style of Rose. The tannins show up and play a larger role as well, a little more impact but equally finely tuned. That's the overall sense of this wine, finely tuned, impeccably poised with all the aspects laid out in just the right amounts. Its somewhat more pushy palate feel is cut with citrus like acidity, almost ruby grapefruit in the way it bursts on to your palate and slushes around, all youthful vigour and enthusiasm. Long, saline/briny, wildly refreshing finish that, seriously, makes you thirstier with every sip/large gulp. The finish has a final flurry of citrus zest and salt which leaves your tastebuds quivering with anticipation of the next sip. Rose doesn't get better than this. ROSCOE

The 2024 Rosé Château Romassan is a wine of supreme textural finesse and elegance. Beautifully weighted, broad and nearly opulent, yet in no way heavy, the 2024 drapes a blanket of floral-inflected orchard fruit across the tongue, coating every corner of the mouth through the long, focused finish. Rosewater, orange confit and a tickle of sea salt last well after the wine has exited the stage. This is such an intentional Rosé made with the highest level of craftsmanship. I wouldn't hesitate to age this Bandol for a few years to allow even further complexity to develop. Bravo. BILLY NORRIS, Vinous Media

 

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La Vieille Ferme is one of the Rhône Valley’s most reliable and best-loved everyday wines. Produced by the Perrin family (of Château de Beaucastel fame), they source from vineyards in the Ventoux and Luberon regions. Made with a focus on drinkability and honest expression of southern French terroir, it’s a benchmark for value and consistency. Incredibly well priced for the money.

A perennial warm-weather favourite, this delivers exactly what you want from a southern French rosé. Pale salmon in the glass, it opens with bright aromas of wild strawberry, redcurrant and white peach, edged with a hint of citrus zest and dried herbs.

The palate is fresh and lively, with crunchy red berries and a gentle savoury twist that keeps things dry and moreish. There’s a soft, rounded texture through the mid-palate, but a clean line of acidity carries it to a crisp, refreshing finish.

Uncomplicated in the best possible way — vibrant, thirst-slaking and made for long lunches, warm afternoons and easy company.