50 Top Rosés for Summer from Around the World

50 best rosés 2023

Our team of expert judges tasted through several flights of rosés to bring to the attention of the trade the best 50. Competition Director, Anthony Swift takes a look at the results.

France, Spain and Italy dominated the Gold and Silver medal awards with Austria, Croatia, Portugal and USA also picking up awards.

The top 50 wines (<5 g/l no oak category and mostly from the 2022 vintage) showed a range of fruit and floral characters including cassis, peach, strawberry, cherry, blueberry, melon, pomegranate, apricot….Palates were on the whole vibrant, crips with pleasant lines of acidity throughout with elegant textures.

Wine colour ranged from water-white (with two judges suggesting they were white wines with a dash of colour and not at all rosés) to almost red wine colour with the majortity showing light pink colours typically associated with those of Provence origin. There didn’t appear however, to be any correlation between wine colour and quality.

A small percentage of the wines had spent time in oak with few making the top 50. The ones that did showed sufficient balance and structure to combine the fruit and the oak and were all awarded silver medals. Of great disappointment were the rosés in the 5-18 g/l no oak category with all wines entered scoring less than 90 points.

While price of the wine was not a factor taken into consideration during the blind tasting, it is interesting to point out the that retail prices ranged from €5,95 to €30  with most retailing at €12- €15.

With the competition titled 50 Great Rosé Wines of the World the entries received were, in the most  of high quality as producers more than likely only decide to enter if they believe thay are confident of winning a medal. After a challenging and debated tasting the judges awarded 11 Gold and 39 Silver Medals to be included in the 50 top rosés of the world.

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Rosé Dry (<5g/l No Oak)

Wine Score Award Winery Country Category SRP
RONNORÀ 97 Gold Donna Clara Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12,00 - 15,00
ANGELS & COWBOYS ROSÉ 96 Gold Angels & Cowboys USA Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 16.99
ROSA DI MARTINO 95 Gold La Palerna di Paola Biagioli Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 10.50
CUVEE CHARLOTTE ROSÉ BIO 95 Gold La Madrague France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 18.50
VILLA DES ANGES ROSÉ 95 Gold Jeff Carrel France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 6.60
ROSEBLOOD 95 Gold Estoublon France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 17.50
PERAJ PETITA ROSAT 95 Gold Celler de Capçanes Spain Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 8.10
MUNAZEI LACRYMA CHRISTI ROSATO 95 Gold Casa Setaro Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 15.00
GROSS ROSADO 95 Gold Bodega Gross Hnos. Spain Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 11.00
SENSUADE 95 Gold Azienda Santa Barbara Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 10.00
MAS DONÍS ROSAT 94 Silver Celler de Capçanes Spain Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 5.70
FANCY ROSÉ 94 Silver Michael Auer Austria Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12.50
FREIXO ROSÉ SPECIAL EDITION 94 Silver Herdade do Freixo Portugal Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 17.40
ROSÉ D´UNE NUIT 94 Silver Château La Coste France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12.90
PIEMONTE DOC ROSATO 2021 94 Silver Cascina Guido Berta Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 13.00 - 15.00
OPERA 93 Silver Opera Roses Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12.00
AIX ROSÉ 93 Silver Maison Saint Aix France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 17.95
VIELLE MULE ROSÉ 93 Silver Jeff Carrel France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 9.10
LES GRENADINES 93 Silver Domaine D´Ansignan France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12.00
FLEUR DE THÉNAC ROSÉ 93 Silver Château Thénac France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 8.60
AMATA CLOS DES ABBESSES 93 Silver Chateau Clos des Abbesses France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 15.00
HERDADE DE SÃO MIGUEL CS ROSÉ 93 Silver Casa Relvas Portugal Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 3.78
VALLEGRE ROSÉ DOC DOURO 92 Silver Vallegre Portugal Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 7.50
ROSATO TOSCANO IGT 92 Silver Tenuta Di Sticciano Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12.00
NUDO 92 Silver Siddùra Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 17,95
LANGHE ROSATO 92 Silver Raineri Gianmatteo Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 12.00
ROSATO TERRE DI CHIETI 92 Silver Pesolillo Tenuta Agricola Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 15.00
CUVEE CLAIRE ROSÉ BIO 92 Silver La Madrague Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 21.10
GAZOUILLIS ROSÉ 92 Silver Jeff Carrel France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 8.60
ILLARIO 92 Silver Fattoria Di Magliano Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 11.50
LISA ROSÉ 92 Silver Château La Costa France Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 4.90
CABO DA ROCA 92 Silver Casca Wines Portugal Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 4.48
ROSATO 92 Silver Cantine Marisa Cuomo Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 18.00
MARBELLA BLUSH ROSÉ 92 Silver Bodegas Málaga Virgen Spain Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 24.75
SANT’ANASTASIA 92 Silver Beato Vini Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 9.90
A DE ARÍNZANO 92 Silver Arínzano Spain Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 15.00
RHOSEAS 91 Silver Tenuta il Corno Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 6.00
HERDADE DOS TEMPLÁRIOS ROSÉ WINE 91 Silver Quinta do Cavalinho Portugal Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 7,50
METIUSCO 91 Silver Palamà Vinicola nel Salento Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 15.00
CHLOE 91 Silver Opera Roses Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 14.00
MACCHIAROSA 91 Silver Miér Vini Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 10.00
ROSÉ IVAN KATUNAR 91 Silver Kuća vina Ivan Katunar Croatia Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak)
MARIA NOVELLA 91 Silver Conte Vistarino Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 10.50
VILAVID BOBAL 91 Silver Bodegas Villavid Spain Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 2.40
ROSATO TOSCANA IGT ROSATUM 91 Silver Abbazia Monte Oliveto Maggiore Italy Rosé Dry (<5 g/l No oak) 10.00

Rosé Dry (<5g/l > 3 mths Oak)

Rosé Dry (<5g/l 3-6 mths Oak)

Rosé Dry (<5g/l 6-12 mths Oak)

Wine Score Award Winery Country Category SRP
ROCCO 92 Silver Opera Roses Italy Rosé Dry (<5g/l 6 - 12mths Oak) 14.00
MAR DE ROSAS 91 Silver Casal Sta Maria Portugal Rosé Dry (<5g/l 6 - 12mths Oak) 14.50

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