Rose

Three grapes make up the blend. Cinsault, Syrah and Grenache, the same trio behind plenty of serious southern French rosé, which tells you the ambition here is a proper dry wine rather than a soft pink drink. The color comes out pale, the nose is loud for something with the alcohol taken out, and the aromatics run to yellow fruit and white flowers. Chavin makes it in the south of France and removes the alcohol by vacuum evaporation without pasteurization, so the wine never gets cooked. That approach costs more than the alternatives, and it's why the fruit still reads as fruit instead of jam. The bottle is a standard 75cl and holds for about three years. Serve it properly chilled at 6 to 8 degrees Celsius, and treat it like a dry rosé at the table, so grilled fish, salad, charcuterie, or anything you'd eat outdoors in July.