Year on year this wine, from Syrah and Grenache grown in the Minervois, is our best-selling rosé - it always delivers splendid ripeness, so tastes so fruity although correctly dry. Bright pink. Oodles of strawberry and red cherries, bright and ripe. Plenty of texture. Perfect all rounder, fruity enough to enjoy on its own but also dry enough for food. Now-2011

Product Code: GRV409

Owned by the Orosquette family, and named after the gravelly soil on the Etang de Marseillette, Château La Grave lies in the south-western part of the Minervois, now known as Les Balcons de l’Aude. The Expression
wines here are consistently good. The unusual white is based on a parcel of old vine Maccabeu, with Vermentino and Marsanne, which makes for a surprisingly weighty wine at the price. Their rosé, made largely from Syrah with Grenache, is always a real charmer. This year we return to the Tristan et Julien red, about half Syrah and Grenache, ripely soft and uncomplicatedly enjoyable.