Rosé Zéro (Rose Mont Rose)

The wine

Clean and rounded, the fruit trailing gently — that is how Domaine de Montrose leaves the glass.

Off-dry in profile, clean finish. The berry stays with you without turning syrupy; the savoury edge keeps the floral note from reading as perfume. Well chilled. Hot-weather glass — dry, round, built for the afternoon when a sweeter pink would cloy. The finish does the selling — rounded fruit, then clean air — and the middle has enough body that the close feels earned, not empty. Red berries lead; floral and savoury sit behind them; dryness keeps the whole pour from tipping sweet. Chill the bottle, pour generously, let the rounded close do the talking after the berry has had its say. Round and fresh together: more body than a thin pink, dry enough for heat, fruit that trails instead of sticking. Start with the finish in mind — that gentle trail is the pour’s best argument.