Roches de Provence Rose 2025
$40, 13% alcohol, DIAM cork, France.
The berry flavours here come lightly salted, and sprinkled with aromatic herbs. This wine is as pretty as a summer’s day in provincial France, though it also comes across as dry and gently stony, which too makes it feel so very French. Everything about this release feels classic and, as a result, it’s great to spend time with. 93 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
