Rosé Wine

Q: What makes Provence rosé different?

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Q: What is a Cru Classé in Provence?

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Q: How long does rosé wine keep?

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Q: Which Provence rosé should I start with?

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Provence only, including two of the region's eighteen Cru Classés

Rosé wine drawn entirely from Provence, where the pale, dry style everyone now copies was established. Whispering Angel from Château d'Esclans is the bottle most people arrive looking for. Alongside it sit Domaines Ott, whose Clos Mireille is one of the eighteen Cru Classé estates of Côtes de Provence, Château Sainte Marguerite, and Roseblood from Château d'Estoublon. Magnums where the bottle needs to last the afternoon. Tracked UK delivery, next-day available.

Whispering Angel, Chateau d'Esclans, Côtes de Provence (2025)

£21.00

Roseblood Château d’Estoublon rosé wine bottle.

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Roseblood Château d’Estoublon, Provence, 75cl (2025)

£20.00

By Ott Côtes de Provence rosé wine bottle.

By Ott Rosé, Domaines Ott (2024)

£23.00

Château Sainte Marguerite Symphonie rosé wine bottle.

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Château Sainte Marguerite Symphonie Rosé, Provence, 75cl (2025)

£24.00

Domaines Ott Clos Mireille Rosé rosé wine bottle.

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Domaines Ott Clos Mireille Rosé, Côtes de Provence (2024)

£40.00

Whispering Angel rosé wine magnum bottle.

Whispering Angel Magnum, Chateau d'Esclans, Côtes de Provence (2025)

£47.50

Whispering Angel rosé wine and a chocolate bar in a white gift box with hand-tied ribbon.

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Whispering Angel Gift with Billionaire Chocolate Bar

£42.00

Whispering Angel Gift with Colombian Crushed Coffee Chocolate

£42.00

Whispering Angel Gift with Maldon Sea Salt Dark Chocolate

£42.00

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Whispering Angel Gift with Salted Milk Chocolate Praline Truffles

£52.50

Why Provence sets the standard for rosé wine

Provence has made rosé its main business rather than a summer sideline for a very long time, and the pale, dry style now copied everywhere started there. The colour is the visible part, drawn from a few hours of skin contact rather than the days other regions allow, but dryness is the more useful difference - Provence rosé finishes clean rather than sweet. Grenache, Cinsault and Syrah are the grapes behind most of it. The whole of this list is pale and dry rosé rather than a mix of styles from everywhere.

The estates behind our Provence rosé

Château d'Esclans made Whispering Angel the bottle that took Provence rosé worldwide, and it is still the one most people arrive looking for. Domaines Ott has been at it since 1912, and its Clos Mireille is one of the eighteen estates holding Cru Classé status in Côtes de Provence - a classification drawn up in 1955 and never added to since. Château Sainte Marguerite, on the coast at La Londe-les-Maures, is another of the eighteen. Château d'Estoublon's Roseblood completes the list, all of it part of the wider French wine range.

Whispering Angel, magnums and rosé gifts

Whispering Angel comes in more formats here than anything else on the page - standard bottle, magnum, and a run of gift boxes pairing it with artisan chocolate. The magnum is the one worth knowing about for a long lunch or a group, since 150cl settles the question of whether to open a second bottle. For the sparkling version of the same colour, rosé Champagne covers Bollinger, Veuve Clicquot and Laurent-Perrier.

Serving rosé wine, and tracked UK delivery

Rosé wants to be cold but not freezing. Straight from the fridge blunts the aromatics, so ten minutes out before pouring is worth the wait. It is made to drink young - the current releases here are 2024 and 2025, and there is nothing to be gained from keeping them. Bottles ship in packaging built to protect them rather than to present them; where one is going as a gift, Champagne gifts covers the boxed side of the shop. Tracked across the UK mainland, next-day available.

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Rosé is the one category where the region genuinely settles the argument - Provence has been making pale, dry rosé as its main business for decades rather than as a summer sideline. That is why the whole list comes from there. Every bottle on it is one we drink through the summer ourselves.

FAQs About Rosé Wine

What makes Provence rosé different?

Colour and dryness, and they come from the same decision. Provence draws the juice off the skins after a few hours rather than a few days, which gives the pale tone and keeps the wine light and dry. Regions that leave it longer make something darker and usually fuller.

What is a Cru Classé in Provence?

A classification drawn up in 1955 for Côtes de Provence, based on an estate's standing at the time rather than on regular retasting. Twenty-three estates were named, eighteen still hold the title, and none has been added since. Domaines Ott's Clos Mireille and Château Sainte Marguerite are both on that list.

How long does rosé wine keep?

Drink it young. Provence rosé is made for the year it is released and the summer after, and cellaring gains it nothing. A bottle that has sat for more than two years will have lost the freshness it was made for rather than developed anything in exchange.

Which Provence rosé should I start with?

Whispering Angel if you want the one everyone recognises. Domaines Ott or Château Sainte Marguerite if you would rather have the Cru Classé pedigree and do not mind that fewer people will know the name. If it is for a group, go straight to the magnum.

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Provence only, including two of the region's eighteen Cru Classés

Why Provence sets the standard for rosé wine

The estates behind our Provence rosé

Whispering Angel, magnums and rosé gifts

Serving rosé wine, and tracked UK delivery

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Provence only, including two of the region's eighteen Cru Classés

Why Provence sets the standard for rosé wine

The estates behind our Provence rosé

Whispering Angel, magnums and rosé gifts

Serving rosé wine, and tracked UK delivery

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