At first it seemed like just an innocent flirtation, said Eric Asimov in The New York Times. Americans began showing a certain affection, “if not passion,” for rosé. Then the arbiters of fashion declared rosé to be the “It” wine. A few years on, our fling with rosé has evolved into a serious relationship “that shows no signs of fading.”
As Mediterranean cultures have long known, a rosé is “the quintessential daytime wine,” best drunk out-of-doors and preferably during summer. Our Times panel recently sampled 25 rosés. French rosés stood out, garnering seven of the top 10 spots. In order, here are the four best.
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