Rosé

Pale salmon in the glass, with lifted aromas of delicate red fruit and a hint of rose petal. The palate lands medium bodied, which is more than most zero-alcohol wines manage, with strawberry up front and pink grapefruit sharpening the finish. That citrus edge does real work here, since pulling the alcohol out of a wine usually costs it body and leaves any sweetness exposed. The fruit comes from New South Wales, and McGuigan lists this as a drink-now bottle. That is the right call, as there is nothing to gain from holding it. Worth knowing that the label reads 0.5% alcohol by volume rather than a true 0.0%, so it is not the pick if you avoid alcohol entirely. Serve it cold and treat it like a summer rosé, next to soft cheese or roast chicken. In style it sits closer to a dry Australian rosé than to a sweet blush.