Eight French roses to drink in high summer

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That wine’s label and bottle style are distinctly traditional, whereas the modern Provencal rose look tends to be more stylish and very grown up, such as the Chateau Paradis Terre des Anges 2019 a syrah/mourvedre/vermentino blend which ticks all the right boxes – shapely bottle, glass stopper, elegant label: a very pale, tangerine pink, with intense flavours of citrus and red berries; one for the dinner table with lobster or oysters, rather than the garden. open image in gallery Elsewhere in France, others are challenging Provence at its own game, particularly on the other side of the Rhone Valley: possibly the most elegant wine bottle I’ve seen is on the impressive Chateau Puech-Haut Rose 2019, which hails from an estate in the Languedoc, just north of Montpellier – beautifully sculpted with the now essential glass stopper. Finally, a couple of budget, everyday roses, perfect for beach or park picnics and socially distanced barbecues: the La Belle Angele Rose is from the same excellent Badet Clement label as the Belle Angele Pinot Noir I recommend a couple of weeks back and the label, named after famous painter’s muse, exudes that sort of simple French design chic that is so beguiling; crisply refreshing and Provence-style in colour, style and flavour, but it actually comes from various vineyards around the Languedoc contributing cinsault and grenache with negrette, merlot and cabernet from the Gers region in southwest France. The Pierre Jaurant Cotes de Thau Cap D’Agde Rose 2019 is one of a new summer range of Aldi roses, also, one assumes, it is a blend of local grapes such as cinsault and which, as ever with the budget supermarket, represents terrific value for money.