Best luxury Ctes de Provence ros 2022
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Best organic rosé
Château Miraval Rosé
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Best organic rosé
Château Miraval Rosé
The Miraval range has long had a cult following, largely thanks to its A-list owners, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. However, its reputation as an outstanding wine is absolutely deserved. It’s a blend of organic grapes, taken from old vines, and is beautifully perfumed with sweet raspberry. With plenty of acidity and ripe, rich berries, tuna tartare would make an excellent pairing.
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Highest ABV
Cave D'Esclans Rock Angel
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Highest ABV
Cave D'Esclans Rock Angel
Introducing the new Whispering Angel. We’re big fans of the classic Côtes de Provence rosé (and have spent many an afternoon finishing a bottle over a plateau of fruits de mer), but Rock Angel is a step up. It’s every bit as pale, refreshing and easy drinking, with lush stone fruit, lemon and wild strawberries coming through on the palate.
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Best mid-week Provence rosé
Mirabeau Pure Provence Rosé
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Best mid-week Provence rosé
Mirabeau Pure Provence Rosé
Rosé is so versatile, so it stands to reason you should always have a decent bottle in the fridge. Mirabeau’s inexpensive flagship wine fits the bill perfectly. It’s drenched in sun-kissed citrus, is incredibly easy drinking and will work with everything from beetroot carpaccio to coconut eton mess.
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Best-looking bottle
Lady A Rosé
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Best-looking bottle
Lady A Rosé
A collaboration between the well-respected Chateau la Coste estate in Provence and Soho House's master sommelier, Lady A is now finally available outside of the members-only club. It still provokes that easy, poolside ambience, with a crowd-pleasing fresh and fruity, thirst-quenching finish. With a butterfly motif designed by Damien Hirst, your recycling has never looked so chic.
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Best minerality
Château Minuty M de Minuty Rosé
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Best minerality
Château Minuty M de Minuty Rosé
Located on the St-Tropez peninsula, Chateau Minuty is one of Provence's best-known wineries. Pale and refreshing, it’s presented in a long, thin bottle, emblematic of the region, and provides the beautiful minerality you’d hope to find. Quite simply, it’s summer in a glass.
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Best for dinner parties
Chase Selladore en Provence Rosé
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Best for dinner parties
Chase Selladore en Provence Rosé
Part of the UK-based Williams Chase portfolio, Selladore has all the spirit of the South of France, alongside something unmistakably British. The bone-dry backdrop displays abundant acidity, and was one of the freshest blends we tried (no doubt due to the small percentage of vermentino grapes).
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Best crowd-pleasing rosé
Kylie Minogue Côtes de Provence Rosé
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Best crowd-pleasing rosé
Kylie Minogue Côtes de Provence Rosé
When Kylie first released her range of wines (which now includes an organic cava, Margaret River chardonnay, Languedoc merlot and Gascony sauvignon blanc), we were first in the queue to try. Since then, its popularity has gone from strength to strength, but we think this is the most premium bottle to date. Fresh, fruity, crisp and dry — it’s everything you’d want from a Provençal rosé.
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Best Bandol rosé
Domaine OTT Château Romassan Coeur de Grain Rosé
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Best Bandol rosé
Domaine OTT Château Romassan Coeur de Grain Rosé
Bandol is a key appellation of the Provence wine region, and is an area known for producing rosé with added complexity and ageing potential.
This multifaceted number has layers of flavour, kicking off with tropical fruit (think lychee, mango and passionfruit), before moving to a more savoury backnote.
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Best rosé with black fruit notes
Château Léoube 'Secret de Léoube' Rosé
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Best rosé with black fruit notes
Château Léoube 'Secret de Léoube' Rosé
Contrary to its namesake, this Château Léoube rosé picked up gold at the World Rosé Awards, so is far from a secret. Made exclusively for Daylesford, the organic line-up includes four distinct pinks, and rather unusually this one includes a touch of cabernet sauvignon, which brings with it more black fruit and a touch of spice. However, it’s still incredibly dry, fresh and textured.
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Best for a group
Maison Saint Aix AIX Rosé
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Best for a group
Maison Saint Aix AIX Rosé
This magnum contains a vividly fresh blush that's ideal for sharing. With stone fruit and thirst-quenching citrus, aperitivo hour can't come soon enough...
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