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Whispering Angel Rosé 2023SHOP NOW"I have never really understood why so many people knock Whispering Angel Rosé. This pioneering winery raises the bar every year and this newly released 2023 is sensational. Already open and alluring, ‘23 is a precocious...

2022 Château Beaulieu, Cuvée Alexandre, Coteaux d’Aix en Provence (£18.95)Buy NowI know this wine well, having followed it for many years, and I cannot remember a more immediately delicious vintage than this delightful 2022. Lovely and pure with superb ‘white...

2022 Aix, Rosé, Coteaux d’Aix en Provence, France (£16.95, www.finewinedirect.co.uk)  BUY NOW Read article click here! "I am a massive fan of Aix, with its stunningly simple label that seems to shout, “Order Me”, from the other side of the restaurant...

2022 Château La Mascaronne, Grande Réserve Rosé, Côtes de Provence, France - Buy Now "Climb the Provence Rosé ladder a few more rungs, and you will find one of the most hypnotic releases of the year. This is another 2022...

2021 Château Saint Baillon Rosé, Côtes de Provence (£15.95 bottle, £34.95 magnum, £99.99 jeroboam, www.finewinedirect.co.uk"The 2021s are a little more edgy and angular than the slightly richer 2020s, and I like this stance on the palate. Saint Baillon’s ’21 is...

Read article click here! 2018 Château d’Esclans, Garrus, Côtes de Provence, France "2018 Garrus (£94.95, finewinedirect.co.uk) is Les Clans with the volume knob turned up, ripped off and thrown over the garden hedge. Sensational, bombastic, imposing, impossibly grand and, for once, relatively...

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