Southern French Rosé Collection

Provence rosé from one of the top estates, made from a blend of grenache, syrah, cabernet sauvignon and rolle, the last of these better known as vermentino. Full-flavoured and savoury with a lovely expression of ripe red-berried fruit thanks to a little more syrah in the blend.

‘It’s intense, it’s dry and it’s brilliantly done. Shows it’s worth paying that little bit extra.’ This year’s Wine Champions standout Provence rosé was a ‘benchmark of the style, picked just ripe enough to give an attractive bitterness that, combined with the acidity, gives you delicious freshness and food-friendly grip on the palate.’

A stylish, full-flavoured rosé that would be best with food, particularly grills and full-flavoured salads this summer, and do try it with lamb chops fresh from the barbecue. Coming from Bandol, mourvèdre makes up a majority of the blend with grenache and cinsault in support.

Deliciously full and fruity rosé, dry with a whiff of redcurrants and Mediterranean herbs. This comes from the backwoods of Provence near the spectacular Verdon canyon. Perfect with all kinds of charcuterie or a Caesar salad, tomato salads, herby tabbouleh and anything with tapenade this summer.

From an extraordinary estate near Les Baux de Provence, bought and completely revamped by the Charmolüe family, formerly of Château Montrose in Bordeaux. This is made from biodynamically grown grapes, mostly grenache and syrah, with smaller amounts of cabernet sauvignon and counoise. Light, pale and delicately flavoured, this is delicious rosé.

From a property that has, in its time, been home to jazz musician Jacques Loussier, and more recently to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, this rock'n roll pink is serious stuff, very stylish, dry and fruity-tasting. Rhône A-listers the Perrin family control every detail of the winemaking process, from vine to bottle, and it's typically a blend of cinsault, grenache and syrah with a dash of rolle or vermentino for creamy complexity. Beautifully presented in a curvaceous and stylishly squat bottle, it tastes as good as it looks. Take it to dinner with absolute confidence and serve as lightly chilled as a Loussier riff.