Valentine’s Day wines: 8 still and sparkling rosés to toast your love
If you have a thirst for romance and you’re feeling amorous – or just love any excuse to flirt with something fun, fruity and fabulous – rosé wines really hit the mark for Valentine’s Day celebrations.
With their lipstick hues and happy vibes, why not let the blush in your glass match the blush on your cheeks when romance is on the cards?
These eight still and sparkling rosé wines are all ripe for the picking…
Pink prosecco took us by storm when it burst onto the sparkling wine scene last year, and this one’s beautifully poised with delicate floral notes, raspberry flavours, and plenty of freshness to keep you coming back for more.
Meanwhile in the Spanish corner, this is another fun fizz to capture your heart with its strawberry aromas, delicious balance of fresh berry fruits, crispness and lovely dry finish. Delicious.
French fizz at its best, crémant is cited as the closest thing to champagne. With its soft, creamy mousse, aromas of ripe red fruits alongside a raspberries ‘n’ cream profile and lingering silky finish, this one is elegant and refined, and certain to encourage the clink of well-filled glasses!
With engaging notes of fresh red berries, framed by florals, nectarine and pink grapefruit, a ripe palate of summer fruits with flecks of orange peel and perfectly balanced acidity, this posh Provençal pink has bags of charm. No better way to say it with an ‘X’…
An Italian rosé to stir the senses – with its eye-catching bell-shaped bottle and pretty butterfly label – this floral, complex wine has hints of dried cherry, raspberry and savoury, spicy characters, alongside depth and elegance on the finish. Definitely worth seeking out.
South Africa likes to turn its hand to most styles, and this is a little cracker from the Cape. Full and fresh, with red berry and strawberry notes accented with touches of white pepper on the slightly tangy palate, it’s subtly fruity with an enticing quaffing character.
A very pretty wine, with attractive aromas of citrusy-edged raspberry and faintest hint of honey, red currant fruits come into play with a lovely vivacity as the wine glides effortlessly along. A brilliant example of an award-winning English rosé to steal your heart, or theirs.
Something rare and a bit special, this copper-coloured rosé is made in the ‘saignée’ method (meaning ‘bleeding’) by macerating red grapes – which sets it apart from the majority of pink champagnes, rosé d’assemblage, a blend of red and white wines. The result here is a beautifully dry, expressive and generously fruity champagne, with seductive strawberry, cherry and raspberry notes and vibrant finish. If you’re a red wine lover or champagne connoisseur, these are the pink bubbles for you!