A whispering angel to guide you to the summer

2016 Whispering Angel, Sacha Lichine, Caves d'Esclans, Ctes de Provence, France. £110 per case (12 x 75cl); £115 per case (6 x 150cl); £52 each (300cl); £145 each (600cl). Prices are in bond and delivery will be before Easter 2017. Contact 020-7549 7900 or FromVineyardsDirect.com

Whispering Angel is the world's most famous ros and it has an unenviable task set before it each year to raise its own bar in order to impress all of the people who have fallen for this angel's charms since passionate pioneer Sacha Lichine launched it over a decade ago. This property makes the finest ross in the world and 2013 Garrus, the top cuve, appeared on this very page two years ago.

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Whispering Angel is the "everyday" cuve and it is epic in 2016. The colour is the palest coral pink. The texture, fast-becoming a d'Esclans hallmark, is magically slippery, offset with tangy citrus and pink grapefruit notes over cool, river-stone minerality. This is a perfect Whispering Angel and it will appeal from the moment it is poured into your glass until the last sunset this summer.

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

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.