With our sights set on summer, sipping one of the best rosé wines is how many of us will enjoy the season. Now a thriving industry, wine makers are satisfying our love for the blushed wine with supermarkets even boasting affordable alternatives to high-end plonks.
Joining the likes of Etna Rosato (£14.95, Marksandspencer.com) and La Balconne organic Provence rose (£16, Ocado.com), some of its most popular rosé wines, M&S has introduced a cloudy rose to its selection. Even better for summer sipping, it’s ideal for picnics, according to an expert.
Unfiltered and unfined, the M&S trouble cloudy rose is naturally cloudy and still. It’s caught the attention of rosé lovers and wine experts, including wine influencer Candace, otherwise known as TikToker @this.wine.woman, who dubbed the bottle as “so delicious for taking on a picnic”.
@this.wine.woman Tasting @Marks and Spencer TROUBLE Cloudy pink rosé Wine Funky strawberry and raspberry, yeasty flavors. Almost Kombucha It’s 12.5% and £12 No filters or fining - Vegan Good for a picnic. Good with food! #wine #marksandspencer #rosé #winetasting
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Made by French ex-international rugby player turned wine maker Gérard Bertrand, the wine is organic, vegan and priced at £12.50 a bottle.
If that sounds up your street, here’s everything you need to know about the bottle of plonk.
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M&S trouble cloudy rosé
The wine is slowly fermented using hand‑harvested grapes, which are pressed at cool temperatures which helps to keep the flavours bright.
Likening it to a kombucha combined with a wine, expert Candace says it’s very funky on the nose with the yeasty flavour you might expect from a pet nat. Meanwhile, there are the usual strawberry and raspberry aromas that’d you expect from a summer rosé.
On the palate, she explains the finish is very tart and dry. “It’s not for your light Provence rose purists,” she warns but if you enjoy a fermented drink, the funkier flavours will stand up to food better than purer roses because it’s got “quite a lot going on”.
Buy now £12.5, Marksandspencer.com
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