Move Over Whispering Angel, There's a New Rosé In Town! Chateau Sainte Roseline Cuvee Prestige

So, I don't know about you but I am so sick and tired of hearing the words 'Whispering Angel'. Do not get me wrong, Chateau d'Esclans is a great winery and their portfolio extends way beyond this one particular wine but... fucking hell, can we stop shagging this wine? It's not that good.

Apologies for my tone, but I'm fed up of influencer culture perpetuating this wine to be anything other than what it actually is... average. That's not to say I dislike (WA) Whispering Angel. I've tried it on a few occasions and it was pleasant, albeit a bit linear and if i'm spending over £20 on a bottle of wine, I do not want linear. My problem is that with the likes of WA, the price is ridiculously inflated, when in reality it's worth about £15 per bottle,

on the actual quality of what's in it. There's a company that has been bombarding social media with offers on WA. They're selling it for £14.49 (at time of writing) by claiming that they go direct to the winery and cut out the middle men. This is bollocks, they're just buying it in bulk and making a tiny margin on it. I know this because one of my suppliers has been working with them. Despite the fact that this company is not being wholly honest with the customers about how they procure their wine, at least they're actually selling WA for it's true value.

I feel I should do a bit of a disclaimer here, as I don't agree with this tactic and in a lot of cases this can devalue genuinely good wines that are deserving of a higher price. Ultimately, the bulk buy and tiny margin business model doesn't do anything for the industry and just makes it harder for smaller companies to be competitive.

WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE?

Me saying that we shouldn't be buying WA for £20 a bottle isn't me saying that we shouldn't be spending £20 on rosé, I believe that we should be spending this money on better rosé. Let me introduce Chateau Sainte Roseline.

Chateau Sainte Roseline Prestige Provence Rosé

£18.99

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Back in October 2025 I was lucky enough to be invited on a trip to the south of France. Here, we spent two days in the Southern Rhone Valley and then an afternoon in Provence (yes, I know... tough life). While in Provence, we were being hosted by Chateau Sainte Roseline, a wonderful winery that is steeped in history. There's literally a chapel on site with Saint Roseline's embalmed body in it. She died approx 800 years ago.

What I loved about this winery though was not just the fact that there's a rich history here, but also that they combine this history with contemporary art. The house in which we had lunch had more art instillations than some museums I have been to.

The winery is family-run and we had the pleasure of sitting down to lunch with Aurelie, the owner of the winery.  She gave us the history of her family and the winery. The food, the wine and the company were all top notch. This may sound bougie but you've not lived until you've had scrambled eggs and truffle.

One of the stand out wines for me was the cuvee prestige rosé. For me, this was the wine that offered all the traditional hallmarks of what a Provence Rosé should, but it just took it to another level in quality.

TASTING NOTES:

This wine is bone dry, crisp and elegant. There's a wonderful mineral quality to this, intertwined with delicate notes of strawberry and flower petals. There's wonderful strcuture to this wine. It has a rounded texture whilst remaining sleak. I was recently at a French wine tasting in Manchester, and I brought a friend who knows nothing about wine, he just had a day off work. He tried Cuvee Prestige and said "That's nice that". That is the feedback that I want! haha.

Price:

This wine isn't a cheap wine by any stretch of the imagination. There's a number of people who sell this and it ranges in price, however we sell it for £18.99. I truly believe that this is a fantastic price that reflects the quality of the wine but doesn't break the bank too much. Click here to give it a try.