This has been lauded as the best Provence rosé and it is a blend of Grenache and Rolle (Vermentino). It is a salmon hued rosé made from grapes carefully harvested from 80 year old Grenache vines. It is produced from mostly free run juice and after fermentation has spent 10 months in large format oak.

The finesse of this wine opens up new food for thought about how rosé is perceived by drinkers. That time in large oak gives the berry, plum, white peach and lavender fruit a spicy bass note. It is a wine that moves with life in the mouth and speaks with a satin flourish of pleasure. It then graciously keeps evolving to change the note of the conversation. If you cannot stretch to buying this wine, then look for Chateau d’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé Côtes de Provence which is an excellent rosé as well.

(€98, £100, USA$100+)