2025, Domaine Montrose, IGP Côtes de Thongue Rosé, LANGUEDOCFull bottle 1,158 g. Screwcap. Clear glass bottle. Grapes come from their own vineyards as well as those of contract growers. Lightly floral and muskmelon aroma. A bit of a ballet dancer, twirling on tippy toes and seemingly weightless, but also packed with fruit (melon, sharp red berries, green apple) and even a bit of Sichuan pepper and sweet ginger root spice. this is so thirst quenching. 16 20 Tamlyn Currin, Jancisrobinson. com (2026)

vibrant finish

All the subtle detail you could want

almost mineral at the finish

The 2024 is naturally still coming together

with more clay than in the sites for the single-vineyard Chardonnays

a touch of soft sweetness to the red and black fruits

The wine offers a great aromatic complexity

Not reviewed - but from the grapes of 70 year-old vines - the vineyard being very close to Prieur

featuring ripe plum

biscuity flavours and lots of finesse

Cropped at a derisory 8

exotic spice-laced finish