Wine Type: Dry Rosé

(2024) From a single vineyard of 100-year-old vines, Garrus is fermented and aged in new French oak, but larger 600-litre barrels. There's an intensity here, dried apricot and an earthy, dried fig nuance over both small red berries and a creamy almond and nut husk background. In the mouth there is immense concentration. It's a rosé with real grip and purpose, and many layers of flavour and texture. Another convincing Garrus, with extract and phenolic that few achieve, but importantly, done with grace and elegance too.

(2024) 100% Xinomavro from vineyards at an altitude of 150 – 180 metres. After a 24-hour maceration and fermentation, 30% is aged for eight months in American oak barrels. It's a concentrated and intense rosé, quite deep scents of red berries married to spice and a creamy slick of vanilla. In the mouth it has texture and roundness, a supple weight and fullness of fruit. Again, creamy, a touch custardy, the oak adding a smoothing underpinning to the fruit. A nice style this.

(2024) The IGP Mediterranée appellation is a relatively new one that covers all of Provence, but extends north into the southern reaches of the Rhône Valley and includes the island of Corsica. All of that is rosé wine country, but the blend of grapes allowed here is greater, and in this case includes Merlot as well as Grenache and Syrah. It's a very nicely realised wine, fragrant and delicate with watermelon and rose-hip over a hint of peach, then a dry but fruity and mouth-filling palate of pulpy red berries. It has a pleasing ripple of texture and very nicely balanced acidity. At its very low price, and occasionally on offer even lower, it is really rather good. Watch the video for more information.

(2024) The massively popular Whispering Angel from Cave d'Esclans is a global phenomenon, but it is just one of several premium rosés made by this Provence-based producer. Majority  owned by LVMH, the range includes both estate wines and wines made from fruit sourced from local growers.

Though their £100 per bottle Garrus is a game-changer for the rosé sector (latest vintage to be reviewed soon), I always think this, the first of the range made from estate-grown fruit, is where Esclans moves into more serious fine wine territory.

The Château d’Esclans is a blend of Grenache and Rolle, fermented in a combination of steel and 600-litre oak barrels. Pale and peachy pink, the creaminess and very gentle sheen of oatmeal from the barrels adds a luxurious touch to the pert stone fruit and hint of redcurrant. The palate too has texture and creamy weight, and while filled with supple and smooth fruit, there's a bit of grip here and no shortage of balancing acidity. It's a rosé that doesn't want to be over-chilled, and will match mildly spicy foods as well as salmon or trout. Note that at time of writing, North & South Wines has this on sale by the six-bottle case, bring the per bottle equivalent close to £30.

(2024) Made from Listán Negro, this organic pink didn't completely grab me in the same way as the island's white wines. Don't get me wrong, it was good, combining attractive, small redcurrant dry fruitiness and some of the volcanic minerality one would hope for, but with only 1.5g/l of residual sugar and presumably picked early and with minimum skin contact, for me it felt just a little under-flavoured and possibly just a little bit lean.

(2024) Blended from 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Syrah, this has quite a bold and vibrant cherry/pink colour. Cranberry and reducurrant on the nose, a little hint of rose petal. In the mouth this is a sweet and forward style. I suspect a touch of residual sugar adds to the sweet juiciness. It has texture and concentration, hints of spice and good balancing acidity.

(2024) Paler than it's Sunset cousin, Grenache Gris dominates this rosé along with 40% Carignan. More subtle and mineral than the Sunset cuvée, and a year younger, red fruits and peach in the background. In the mouth it is drier than the Sunset, with more of a lemony thrust of acid at its core but there is still sweetness to the berry and stone fruit, and that drier citrus finish adds welcome balance.

(2024) An attractively package Provence rosé made for Tanner by Domaine Pey Blanc, it blends 80% Grenache with 20% Cinsault and is unoaked. Very pale in colour, on opening there's a big blast of pear-drops, a common trait in wines that have been fermented super cold. It's a touch difficult to get past that at first, but some watercolour paintbox and watermelon aromas come through. The palate it fruity and easy-going, pear again - crisp Asian pear perhaps - and small red berries, a peachiness develops. Certainly an aroma and flavoured-packed example, with a blast of fresh acidity in the finish.

(2024) A pale, Provençal-style pink made from Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris and Syrah, this bursts with redcurrant and raspberry red fruitiness on the nose, a little Parma violet lift too. The palate is dry, the tartness of summer red berries as well as the light  juiciness of fruit. It's light- to medium-bodied, but again there's just a little phenolic grip as well as the citrus acidity to balance and ensure this finishes dry and appetising. Wine Club members pay £12.80.

(2024) Re-energised after the country gained independence in the early 90s, Georgia's Tblivino is one of the better known names on export markets, though this rosé is a new wine for me. Deeper in colour than most wines in this report, redcurrant and raspberry on the nose, before the palate showing some of Saperavi's tannin and gravelly bite, to give this gastronomic appeal.