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Rosé wines

Rosé wines

Rosé is a much underrated style of wine, due mainly to the fairly dire, mass-produced offerings to be had from many of the large chains and supermarkets. Much better to stick with the smaller producers, who lavish much more care on the wines they produce.

Chateau Pradeaux Rosé 2010 Bandol
Chateau Pradeaux Rosé 2010

Vintage	2010
Region	Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between Marseilles and Toulon
Colour/Style	Dry rosé - medium-full bodied
Grapes	55% Mourvedre, 45% Cinsault
Alcohol (a.b.v)	12.5%
Food	Light meat or fish dishes, game, sautéed vegetable dishes
Next day	Still excellent
Drink	Now, or over the next 5 to 8 years
As always with Pradeaux Rosé, this has the most exquisite, ultra-pale onion skin/blood orange colour – really beautiful to look at. It is a vin de pressurage, meaning that it is made from a direct pressing of the grapes, rather than the usual saignée (free-run juice) method. The nose has aromas of wild strawberry, redcurrant and pale peach, along with some delightful notes of rose petals, forest floor, hedgerow and garrigue - it really is an elegant, subtle, yet considerably complex wine. There's just a hint of creaminess, which also manifests itself on the palate, with a combination of delicate red fruits and citrus and a light herbiness. There's ample acidity and a mineral streak which, combined with just the right amount of grape tannin, makes for a pretty serious, yet beautifully rounded wine, which develops beautifully over a period of several hours in the decanter. This is a wine that tends towards elegance, rather than power, yet it has a very impressive finish, with tangy, zesty, herby, lightly spicy flavours lingering long on the finish. One of the world's great rosés.

Price: £17.50 (Including: VAT at 20%)

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Les Vignes de l'Arque IGP Duché d'Uzès Rosé 2010
Les Vignes de l'Arque Duché Rosé 2009

Vintage	2010
Region	Near to Uzès, in the Gard
Colour/Style	Dry rosé - medium bodied.
Grapes	Grenache and Syrah
Alcohol (a.b.v)	12.0%
Food	As an aperitif, or with cold meat salads and fish dishes
Next day	As good
Drink	Over the next 2 years
Made by the saignée method, using free-run juice from the grapes used to make the superb Duché d'Uzès red. Pale salmon pink, with a nose of red berry fruits. Medium-bodied, with soft, peppery fruit and pear-drop flavours, with a hint of peaches and cream. Absolutely textbook rosé wine, and perfect for Spring and Summer drinking, served chilled.

Price: £8.50 (Including: VAT at 20%)

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Domaine Treloar Rose of Treloar 2009 Rosé Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes
Domaine Treloar Rose 2009 table

Vintage	2009
Region	Trouillas, in the Roussillon, west of Perpignan
Colour/Style	Dry rosé - medium-bodied, slightly off-dry
Grapes	100% Syrah
Alcohol (a.b.v)	11.7%
Food	Charcuterie, salads, pizza, or as an aperitif
Next day	Actually better than day 1 - give it plenty of air
Drink	Now, or over the next year
Quite a deep cherry/raspberry colour, almost like a very pale red wine. On opening, there's a touch of spritz, courtesy of some residual CO2. The aromas are not your typical rosé - candied red (and even black) fruit aromas are accompanied by a certain earthiness, with herby and smoky notes. The palate is just a notch up the scale from bone dry, with the relatively low alcohol (just 11.7%) resulting in a touch of residual sugar. Like the nose, the flavours are quirky - raspberry and black cherry, blood orange, perhaps even a hint of apple skin, countered by a touch of grape skin tannin and soft acidity, and with a savoury, spicy, herby tang to the finish. It won't be everybody's cup of tea, but it's an interesting wine, which actually gets better 24 hours after opening, following a night in the fridge. A quirky rosé!

Price: £8.75 (Including: VAT at 20%)

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Minimum order value, delivery charges, times and restrictions

We deliver only to UK and Northern Ireland addresses. The minimum order value is £75 (plus the delivery charge). You may of course choose a mix of any wines in our range. Orders between £75 and £200: delivery charge is £7.50. Orders over £200: delivery is free! (If your order is over £200, please remember to change the delivery charge in checkout to £0.00). Please note: Delivery to non-mainland addresses (Scottish Highlands and Islands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, etc.) is usually possible, but may not be on a next-working-day basis. It is also more expensive than delivery to mainland addresses, so will be charged at cost (for orders under £200) but with a small discount for orders over £200 - please call us for a quote.

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