Britain's favourite rosé is silkier than ever

2008 Chteau de Sours Ros, Bordeaux, France (£8.99, or buy two bottles and save £3, Majestic; £89.88 per case, Goedhuis 020-7793 7900).

The UK's favourite ros is back with a bang this year, silkier and more succulent than ever. The colour is an other-worldly scarlet and the bottle appears to shine like some emergency tonic that relieves all conditions which it does!

Made from 60% merlot and 40% cabernet sauvignon, red berry fruit flavours cavort out of the glass and massage your taste buds. It's a rare wine in that it can be drunk on its own; with lighter, seafood starters (all manner of crustaceans would be stunning); and yet it has depth and could wrestle a chicken leg to the ground or drop kick a burger.

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In all, it's the decathlete of the ros world and 'by the case' at Majestic it is a steal. If you feel inclined, search out 2008 Domaine de Sours Ros, a lighter, more forward offering from this estate (£6.99, Sainsbury's), made from a 50/50 combo of the above grapes. Crisp and tangy, this is delicious too, but a burger might just get its own back on this wine!

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year.

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.