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ROSÉ ALL DAY

It’s (finally!) time
to drink pink
By Seth Eli Barlow
Photography by Arshia Khan

Grab that bottle of Guild—

we’ll meet you on the patio.

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DOMAINE DE
TERREBRUNE
BANDOL ROSÉ ($26)
The French region
of Bandol is often
considered the end-
all, be-all of rosé.
Father-and-son team
LAGO ROSÉ OF VINHO
Georges and Reynald VERDE ($10)
Delille make a wine
to last, and they’re Don’t let the label
quick to tell you that fool you—“vinho
their rosé can age up verde” is a
to 20 years. Look for Portuguese term that
hints of watermelon, denotes a wine that’s
kiwi and lavender on meant to be drunk
the finish. young, while it’s still
“green.” Grown in
vineyards that edge
DOMAINES OTT along the Atlantic
coast, this rosé is
“BY.OTT” ($30) slightly spritzy, with
just a tiny hint of
Made in the hills of sweetness. If you’re
Provence overlooking brand new to rosé,
the Mediterranean, start here.
this rosé is like
summertime in a
bottle, with notes of VIVIER ROSÉ OF
lemon zest, white
peach and ripe PINOT NOIR ($27)
nectarine. Completely
dry and a soft A French native now
baby pink, this is living in northern
everything you could California, winemaker
ever want from a Stéphane Vivier
rosé. says he combines
“Burgundian
restraint” with the
LIOCO INDICA ripeness of California
fruit to create a
ROSÉ ($21) rosé that balances
raspberry and
This California winery cranberry flavors with
has made a name perfect acidity and
for itself by making minerality. This is the
nuanced wines wine you want on the
from vineyard sites table when you’re
containing old-vine firing up the grill this
plantings, and their summer.
Indica rosé is no
different. Made
from carignan vines GUILD ROSÉ ($14)
planted in the 1950s,
this rosé is brimming A rosé made from
with layered notes of blending pinot noir
strawberry, orange and the white grape
blossom and red melon de Bourgogne,
papaya. this is your essential
poolside sipper. Its
salmon-pink color
carries notes of Jolly
Rancher candy, ripe
cantaloupe and a
tiny hint of fresh bing
cherry, a telltale sign
that it’s made from
Oregon pinot-noir
grapes.

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