May I present an intriguing Friday Night Rosé.

Apart from pink wine, another of my passions is perfume. I have studied the subject and hope to create my own scents in due course. Will keep you posted!

This particular wine made me think about accords – that’s a word used by perfumiers to describe the way they make a fragrance work in balance.

Negrette is a very unusual grape variety (from the Haute Garonne, near Toulouse) and hard to pin down.

If you are talking perfume there is a base note – in this case, a spicy hint of something savoury, a little like liquorice. Then the middle note, which would be ripe red fruit, and, finally the top note – that something that hits you when you first put your nose into the glass (or the scent bottle). In this case I would say the wine has a fragrance of peony. This lovely flower has a richness like rose, combined with something more powdery and mysterious.

All of this for well under £10, so make haste to Sainsbury’s and try it for yourself.

Have you tried Fronton? Leave your thoughts down below, I’d love to hear!

About this Vineyard

Les Vignerons de Tutiac is France’s largest appellation d’origine controlee cooperative, founded in 1974 and now uniting over 400 winegrowers across more than 5,000 hectares on both banks of the Gironde estuary in Bordeaux. A powerhouse of Bordeaux winemaking, the cooperative covers appellations from Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux and Cotes de Bourg to Fronsac, Medoc, Graves, and even Sauternes, all united by their commitment to sustainable, Agri Confiance-certified viticulture. Their wines supply major UK retailers including Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference range, bringing excellent Bordeaux quality to British wine lovers at very fair prices.

About The Author

I’m Rosalind and I’m here to talk to you about Rosé. Whether it’s your first choice or your last on a wine list, this site is for you. After years of writing about and tasting wine, there is something truly special to me about the pink stuff. On the Rose Report, I write reviews of the best Rosé Wines. You can find out more about me HERE.