Prime Time for Pink: 30 Rosés to See Out Summer 2025 – Including Some Bargains

A round-up of rosés to blaze a trail into autumn, with some bargains along the way as retailers drop prices to make space for wintery reds.

The wines are listed in ascending order of price as far as possible, with at least one stockist, but it's worth checking the invaluable wine-searcher.com and searching the web for others.

The first three wines are all Spanish, which tells you something about value, although there are also some highly recommended more expensive Spanish pinks. These first three are also all Garnacha-based (aka Grenache), as is the fourth wine, a Côtes du Rhône, which tells you what a good grape variety Garnacha/Grenache is for rosé.

One Provence rosé I would like to have included, but haven’t within the main tasting notes because there are no UK stockists, is Château des Annibals Suivez-moi-jeune-homme 2024, Coteaux Varois en Provence. There are, though, plenty of stockists in the US and France, so, if that’s where you, are scroll to the bottom to see the delightful label.

Even as temperatures dip, remember to keep your rosé chilled as you make your way down the bottle (warm rosé is not a pretty taste) and if we get lucky with the autumn sunshine, keep the wine out of sunlight. All wine is damaged by UV light – and fluorescent – but rosés can be especially susceptible and all the more so when they are in clear glass bottles, which most are.

If you're looking at some of the bottles pictured here and thinking "they're in sunshine", you're right, but it was only for a moment: I set up each shot up with an empty bottle, then dash in and grab the relevant bottle, take the photo and whip the bottle back inside immediately. But perhaps I'm not setting a good example...

Finally, don't forget that many rosés are good food wines.

Torres Viña Sol Rosé 2024, Spain

Lightly strawberry-fruity, spicy blend of Garnacha (aka Grenache) with Carineña from the actively eco-friendly Torres family. Good, clean fun at a fair price. 11%

£7.50, Morrisons

Señorio de Sarria Rosado 2024, Navarra, Spain

Bright pink, ebullient Spanish Garnacha, bulging with summer-pudding fruit and plenty of zing. Lots of flavour (and alcohol) at a modest price – and not afraid of anything, especially garlicky, barbecue-style food. 14%

£8.95, The Wine Society

Ramón Bilbão Rosé 2024, Rioja, Spain

An old favourite in a slightly deeper salmon-pink this vintage and sporting a new label, but still the same elegance, with strawberries and cream, orange zest and spice notes (a blend of Garnacha with 20% white Viura). A good match for pasta with roast aubergine, peppers and shallot, Parmesan (or not, if you’re vegan) and dukkah. 12.6%

£9.35, Co-op

Les Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Rosé Réserve 2024, Rhône, France

This is no wannabe-Provence, despite the pale colour. A freshly fruity (think peach and red apple), softly rounded blend of 85% Grenache, 10% Syrah and a splash of Cinsault, with a spicy, peppery accent and a refreshing lick to the finish. Can take food with a bit of spice. 12.5%.

£9.50, Ocado

Coquille de Fleur Cinsault Rosé, Pays d’Oc, France

House of Townend sent me a sample of this pale, prettily perfumed Cinsault, but sold out when they reduced the price to £8.99. I’m not surprised. Its delicate spice-dusted peach-melba style makes it an appealing aperitif, although you can also pair it with creamy Chaource. Happily there are still a couple of other stockists. 12%

£9.95, Vino Gusto; £9.99, D’Arcy Wine

Domaine de la Noblaie Goutte de Rosé 2024, Chinon, Loire Valley, France

I don't taste this pale salmon, organic Cabernet Franc every vintage but, whenever I do, it's always one of my favourite rosés of the year. Haynes, Hanson & Clark have been selling it for years and it was they who sent me a sample of the 2025 (at my request). It has a lovely floral fragrance, crunchy red currant fruit, touches of spice and just-ripe apricot, a fine, chalky texture and delicate herbal finish. 12%

£10.50 (clearance price), The Wine Society; £14.15 (or £12.50 when you buy 6), Haynes, Hanson & Clark

Arbousset Tavel Rosé 2024, Rhône, France

Typically full, dry, fruity yet savoury and peppery rosé from Tavel, the only appellation (AOP) in France exclusively for rosé. With its crisp acidity, dash of pomegranate and nip of tannin, this is a grown-up, food-friendly rosé, a blend of half Grenache and a quarter Cinsault with Carignan, Syrah and 7% other local varieties. Note that, although still called Arbousset on tesco.com, the bottle pictured is labelled Famille Lafont (as was the one at the Tesco press tasting). 13.5%

£13, Tesco

Guigal Côtes du Rhône Rosé 2024, Rhône, France

The Guigal family’s Grenache dominant, traditional saignée-method rosé is as good as ever – full-on red berry, pink grapefruit, cream and smoked paprika spice. One of my perennial favourites and very good with food: try it will grilled veg, pink lamb chops, charcuterie or a meze. 14.5%

£13.50, The Wine Society; £14.25, Ocado; £14.50, London End Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar and other independents

Jean Leon 3055 Rosé Organic 2023, Penedès, Spain

An interesting blend of Pinot Noir and Garnacha with a salmon-pink colour, succulent summer berry fruit, a light peppery top-note and a complementary twist of citrus-peel bitterness. 13%

£14.35, Vinvm; £15, Caviste

Minuty M 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

Clear fruit, but not over-fruity, rounded, gently mineral and saline; raspberry, cherry and touch of grapefruit peel on the finish. Not complex, but well balanced and appealing – although if you’ve got another £3, the Minuty Prestiige (below) is worth the extra. Minuty M is a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 15% Cinsault and 5% of the distinctive but tricky Tibouren 12.5%

£14.50, Bon Coeur Fine Wines; £15 in any 6-bottle mix, Majestic; £18, Ocado

Bird in Hand Pinot Noir Rosé 2024, Adelaide Hills, Australia

Very pale, delicately sweet-fruited, fresh aromas and a light-bodied, crisp, dry palate with strawberry, yellow plum and soft citrus notes. Light and easygoing. 12%

£15, Ocado

Domaine des Oullières Harmonie, Coteaux d’Aix en Provence 2024, France

Very pale with a heady floral perfume and a full, creamy, silk-smooth palate. Rose petal, jasmine and white peach, with delicate stony, saline and grapefruit-zest freshness, from the seventh-generation Ambrosio Collomb family. 13.5%

£15.25, Yapp Bros – currently out of stock, but worth waiting for and you can ask to be notified when it’s back in stock.

Musar Jeune Rosé 2022, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

A saignée-method, Cinsault-based rosé with 15% Mourvèdre. Light on alcohol, but not on bold orange-pink colour and well-rounded flavour, with a meaty, warm-earth note from the Mourvèdre and raspberry, red currant and orange peel fruit. 11%

£15.89, Sandhams Wine; £15.50, London End Wines; £15.99, Cockburns of Leith; £16.95, ND John

Chateau Ksara Sunset 2023, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Deep salmon going-on-candy-pink, this is an unusual blend of Cabernet Franc and Syrah (60:40) from Lebanon’s oldest winery. The result is very satisfying and food friendly, medium-full, smooth and dry with raspberry and redcurrant fruit, a savoury, herbal inflection and deftly balanced acidity. 13.5%

£15.99, All About Wine; £16.40, Vinvm; £16.80, L’Art du Vin

Rogers & Rufus Rosé 2023, Barossa Valley, Australia

Easy drinking, well-balanced, pale, dry, lightly textured, red berryish Australian Grenache rosé. I gave more detail here when the 2022 was a Wine of the Week. 12%

£14.95, auswinesonline (low stock); £16.95, Vin Neuf; £83.82 for 6, North & South Wines

Whispering Angel 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

The brand that changed the world of rosé needs no introduction, so I’ll just say that the very good 2024 is lush, plush and silky with heady peony and almond aromas shaped and defined by perfect acidity. 13%

£16–£21, widely available in independents; £20 mix six, Majestic; £22, Tesco; £22.50, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose

Château l’Escarelle Les Deux Anges 2024, Coteaux Varois en Provence, France

Classically pale and classically styled, organic Provence rosé, with notes of apricot, white peach and spice, salty, mineral crispness and a silky texture. A blend of 60% Syrah and 40% Grenache. 13.5%

£17.75 Vegan Tipples; £18.50, Hedley Wright; £19.69, Hay Wines; £19.95 Cheers Wine Merchants, Vino Gusto, CH Wine Merchants and other independents

La Calcinaia Mun Rosato 2024, Marche, Italy

Pale salmon, textural, sappy, fresh, food-friendly rosé with peach-apricot and orange notes made by siblings Eleanora and Paolo Berluti from spontaneously fermented Montepulciano grapes (i.e., no added yeasts) and aged on its texture-enriching lees for six months. Mouthfilling and mouth-watering. 13.5%.

£18, The Wine Society; £23.50, Swig

Minuty Prestige 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

Very pale and aromatic – jasmine, white peach, wild strawberry and a hint of orange zest. Mineral and saline, expressive, silky and layered. Quiet intensity, elegance and length. A blend of 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Rolle and 5% Cinsault.

£18 mix six, Majestic; £19.99, The Surrey Wine Cellar (15% off when you buy 6)

Can Axartell Rosat, Tierra de Mallorca, Spain

An organic, vegan rosé made from Pinot Noir and indigenous Callet and Manto Negro near the Bay of Pollença on the north coast of Mallorca. Pale salmon-pink with freshness, fruit purity and silky texture and distinctive notes of apricot, red berry, resiny herbs and a hint of juniper berry. 12.5%

£19.50, Vintage Roots; £19.95, Thorne Wines; £20.60, The Green Room

Mas de Cadenet Côtes de Provence Sainte-Victoire 2024, France

An ultra pale, organic rosé blend of Grenache and Cinsault, its style influenced by limestone in the soils and by fermentation with selected natural yeasts and stirring of the lees. Crisp, slightly spicy orange and lemon, wild strawberry and apricot, a refined silky texture and long mineral, salt-edged finish. 13%

£16.95, FromVineyardsDirect; £19.95, Ellis Wharton Wines

Rosé de Léoube 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

A blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and Mourvèdre from the coastal, organic Léoube estate. Sweet orange, fragrant mirabelle plum and spice on the nose leading into a silky, round, medium-full palate with sea-breeze and citrus zest freshness. A textbook Provence rosé that I preferred to the more expensive Secret de Léoube which won Platinum in this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, See also the gorgeous Collector below. 14%

£19.95, Mr Wheeler Wine, FromVineyardsDirect; £22.50, Stone, Vine & Sun

G de Galoupet 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

An admirable – for several reasons – new rosé from the large, biodiverse and sustainable Galoupet estate that I wrote about in detail earlier in the year when I made it Wine of the Week. 13%

£22.50, Ocado, Jeroboams, Laithwaites, Averys

Lalomba Finca Lalinde 2023, Rioja, Spain

This single-vineyard Rioja rosé from Ramón Bilbão (see also the third wine above) is a beauty: very pale and fragrant, with apricot, jasmine and a suggestion of red berries, and a pure, dry, fine-boned palate of supple, lightly creamy texture. It’s wine that’s all about purity, precision, minerality, texture, dryness and crystalline acidity. You could cellar it for up to five years.

£22.95, Slurp

Caves d’Esclans Rock Angel 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

Grenache, Cinsault and Rolle, largely from old vines and partly fermented in demi-muids (600-litre barrels) with bâtonnage (stirring) and extended lees contact, this always punches above its weight. The 2024 is no exception (especially at September’s offer price in Waitrose): very pale, richly textured and finely structured, it’s satin-smooth with vanilla cream, rock-pool salty freshness, pink grapefruit, white peach and jasmine. Food friendly. 13.5%

£23.50 until 30.9.25, Waitrose; £27 mix six, Majestic

Château Galoupet 2024, Côtes de Provence, France

The main wine of the large, biodiverse Galoupet estate (separated from the Mediterranean sea just a kilometre away by old salt marshes) is a rosé for food and one that can be cellared. The blend of Grenache, Syrah, Rolle and a high 17% of the characterful, if unruly, Tibouren is fermented and aged in oak to produce a distinctive, serious rosé with spice, citrus and stone-fruit notes, creamy depth and cool, crisp salinity. 14%

£45.50, Amathus Drinks; £47, The Champagne Company

Château d’Esclans Les Clans 2023, Côtes de Provence, France

The second wine in the Esclans hierarchy is, like the pinnacle Garrus (see below), inspired by white Burgundy and designed for gastronomy. Fermented and aged, with bâtonnage, in 600-l oak barrels (a mix of new and used), the particularly good 2023 is a very pale peach colour, has a potent floral, peach and citrus nose and a succulent, generous dry palate with creamy opulence, red berries, energising citrus and integrated oak. There is more about this wine, together with older vintages, Garrus and the estate in general here in this feature I wrote for Decanter Premium. 14%

£45.37, Vinatis UK; £51.80, Millesima UK; £55.95, Frazier Jones

Léoube Collector Rosé 2022, Côtes de Provence La Londe, France

Barely pink, delicately fragrant, with floral, tangerine, spice and sea-spray aromas. Supremely elegant and creamy textured with tangerine, a whisper of white peach and an undertow of aromatic herbs, vanilla and roast almonds. Very long and textural with super-fine acidity giving structure. Very graceful. An organic, gastronomic rosé, although I could happily drink it without food. 14%

£52.50, Stone, Vine & Sun; £55, Vinvm, Winedirect; £64.20, Shelved Wine

Château d’Esclans Garrus 2023, Côtes de Provence, France

The crown jewel of the Esclans estate is made from a single plot of very old vines (some nearly 100 years old), fermented and aged, with bâtonnage, in a mix of new and old 600-l oak barrels. The fragrant, floral, creamy 2023 has a palate of riveting tension and purity, with succulent, scented white-peach fruit and mouthwateringly saline, mineral drive and energy. It’s still tightly wound, but there’s no missing the density, length and refinement. Don’t over chill it and either decant it or allow it to open up in the glass if you drink it this year. Alternatively cellar it – I finished the last of my 2014s at the weekend. There is more about this wine, older vintages, Les Clans and the estate in general here in this feature I wrote for Decanter Premium. 14%

£94.94, Vinatis UK; £102.30, Millesima UK

Not available in the UK, but available in the US and France and well worth seeking out: Château Annibals suivez-moi-jeune-homme 2024, Côtes de Provence

All photographs by Joanna Simon

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