{"id":557525,"date":"2026-06-27T21:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/557525\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:56:29","slug":"summer-wine-three-roses-worth-a-splurge-plus-one-for-all-budgets-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/557525\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer wine: three ros\u00e9s worth a splurge plus one for all budgets \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a time when wine consumption is falling around the world, Provence ros\u00e9 has been one of the few success stories over the past two decades. I recently wrote about the story of Whispering Angel<\/a> which is celebrating its 20th vintage, the 2025, and is as good as ever.<\/p>\n

Making good Provence ros\u00e9 is not easy, although there are plenty of decent very inexpensive examples available such as the Sainte Victoire below. There is a short window when the macerating grapes have given sufficient aromas, fruit and colour to the wine. <\/p>\n

With its lovely sunny weather, Provence does not usually have a problem ripening grapes. The skill is to pick grapes that are ripe but still retain a refreshing acidity. Pick too late and you will have a clumsy alcoholic wine; pick too early and the wine could be green and herbaceous. <\/p>\n

All Provence ros\u00e9 is made from a blend of different grape varieties. The classic varieties are grenache, cinsault, carignan, mourv\u00e8dre and tibouren, but syrah, cabernet sauvignon and white grapes such as rolle and semillon are also permitted. <\/p>\n

This week three upmarket Provence ros\u00e9s and one inexpensive option. <\/p>\n

\"JohnJohn Wilson 2706-St.Victoire Sainte Victoire Ros\u00e9 2024, C\u00f4tes de Provence12.5%, \u20ac11.99<\/p>\n

Light and fresh with redcurrant and strawberry fruits as well as some peach, with a crisp dry finish. Enjoy well-chilled with or without food. <\/p>\n

From Aldi<\/p>\n

\"JohnJohn Wilson 2706-Minuty Minuty M 2025, C\u00f4tes de Provence13%, \u20ac24<\/p>\n

Delicate floral aromas, ripe red cherries, raspberries and fleshy peach fruits with plenty of balancing acidity and a dry finish. <\/p>\n

Higgins, D14; 64 Wine, Glasthule & Mount Merrion; Clontarf Wines, D3; Jus de Vine, Portmarnock; The Corkscrew, D2; Mitchell & Son, Glasthule & D2; Malt House Trim; Wine Centre, Kilkenny; Worldwide Wines, Waterford; Bubble Brothers, Cork; Avoca; O\u2019Brien\u2019s Wine; and wineonline.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JohnJohn Wilson 2706-PETALE-DE-ROSE Ch\u00e2teau La Tour de l\u2019\u00c9v\u00eaque P\u00e9tale de Rose 2025 C\u00f4tes de Provence, Biodynamic13.5%, \u20ac30<\/p>\n

A very stylish seductive ros\u00e9 with intense ripe red fruits \u2013 strawberries and raspberries \u2013 and some orange juice, a nice texture and a good dry finish.<\/p>\n

From Searsons, Monkstown; Swans on the Green, Kildare; McCambridge\u2019s of Galway; The Counter, Letterkenny; Kate\u2019s Kitchen, Sligo<\/p>\n

\"ChateauChateau La Coste Grand Vin Ros\u00e9 2024, Coteaux d\u2019Aix en Provence. Biodynamic Ch\u00e2teau La Coste Grand Vin Ros\u00e9 2024, Coteaux d\u2019Aix en Provence. Biodynamic13.5%, \u20ac42.50<\/p>\n

A richer, complex style of ros\u00e9 with textured peach and nectarine fruits balanced very nicely by some citrus notes. Good by itself, but even better with summer salads or grilled fish.<\/p>\n

From 64 Wine, Glasthule & Mount Merrion; Barnhill Stores, Dalkey; Thomas\u2019 Foxrock; Sweeneys D3; 1601, Kinsale; Brown Thomas Dublin, Cork, Limerick & Online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At a time when wine consumption is falling around the world, Provence ros\u00e9 has been one of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,2215,19,17,361,8297],"class_list":["post-557525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-for-you","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-magazine","tag-wine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116824308810202990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}