The best Rosé wines from Taste’s Top Wine Awards 2019

Look out for the Taste Top Wine Award stickers on these bottles at supermarkets and selected liquor retailers.

Less than $20

South River 2017 Pinot Rosé Central Otago $18

Pale, orange-tinted Rosé with raspberry/red berry, cherry and subtle floral flavours. Soft, broad and rather mellow wine with a hint of sweetness and pleasantly pure flavours.

Alpha Domus 2018 Rosé Hawke’s Bay $18.95

Rich and creamy Rosé made from Merlot grapes. Flavoursome wine with strawberry and raspberry characters together with a suggestion of spice.

Dashwood 2018 Rosé Marlborough $14.99

‘Peaches and cream’ Rosé with red rose and raspberry flavours. Soft acidity and a hint of sweetness give an off/dry finish and silken texture. Serve well chilled.

Eradus 2016 Pinot Noir Rosé Marlborough $16.99

Moderately dry Rosé that is still reasonably fresh after a little bottle age with cherry, raspberry and red rose petal flavours. Smooth-textured wine with good weight and a lengthy finish.

$20 and more

Terra Sancta 2017 Special Release First Vines Pinot Noir Rosé Central Otago $49

New Zealand’s most expensive Rosé. Quite an intense, fragrant aroma suggesting cherry and raspberry with a subtle floral edge. Impressively weighty with an ethereal texture.

Domain Road 2018 Pinot Noir Rosé Central Otago $26

Appealing dry Rosé with crushed strawberry, raspberry and vanilla flavours. Quite flavoursome wine with a backbone of gentle acidity and an ethereal texture.

Terra Sancta 2018 Bannockburn Rosé Central Otago $26.95

Delicious Rosé with impressive purity, precision and power. Intense, bright, high energy wine with strawberry, cherry, white peach and a subtle seasoning of spice. Rosé with the X-factor.

Wooing Tree 2018 Rosé Central Otago $27

Attractively aromatic, dry and delicate Rosé with watermelon, summer fruits and a suggestion of red rose petal flavours. Very appealing wine with a refreshing finish.

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