Welcome to our list of the 6 best Kelowna Rosé wines for 2025. Rosé all day they say! This is the slogan heard far and wide from April to September…maybe even October depending on the year. We love it, you love it, your friends love it, everyone loves it. It’s not red, it’s not white, it’s just right. It’s rosé, and this beloved wine seems to go with just about everything!
Friday night, a bowl of popcorn and a romcom? Yup. A ritzy Sunday brunch with Aunt Beatrice? Absolutely. A long and lazy afternoon on the dock listening to the gentle waves lap against the shore? Sure thing. Need we go on? Likely not. Although we haven’t found a rosé we didn’t like, today we are narrowing in on the very best of the best. We hope you enjoy our list of the 6 best Kelowna rosé wines!
Gray Monk Estate Winery
If you haven’t experienced the Gray Monk Rosé, are you ever in for a treat! Their 2023 vintage features a blend of Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Gamay. Wonderfully crisp and slightly off-dry, it is bursting with citrus, peach, melon, and grapefruit notes. This wine pairs perfectly with all of your favourite barbecued delectables, from grilled shrimp to grilled vegetables, a variety of fish, and even barbecued chicken. The perfect accompaniment for long, lingering days on the patio, the Gray Monk Rosé is a staple on the Kelowna rosé wine scene, kicking off our list of the 6 best Kelowna rosé wines.
Quail’s Gate Winery
Next up on our list of the 6 best Kelowna rosé wines is the Quail’s Gate Rosé. Classic, dry, and easy-drinking, this rosé delivers plenty of fruitiness while maintaining a beautiful freshness. Expect aromas of raspberry, cherry and watermelon with berry and tangerine notes on the palate.
The Quail’s Gate Rosé is classic and versatile, making it an exceptional food pairing wine. Meanwhile, wine connoisseurs will be impressed by its balance and complexity. Comprised of Merlot, Pinot Noir and Gamal, each varietal was cold-fermented separately in stainless steel before the winemakers achieved a perfectly balanced blend for bottling.
Mt Boucherie Estate Winery
Mt Boucherie Estate Winery has a rosé so tasty that it lands next on our list of the 6 best Kelowna rosé wines. The MtB Mandaray Rosé is, quite frankly, something we daydream about all winter. As soon as spring hits, we’re springing for a case of this stuff! It is crisp and lively, boasting aromas of hibiscus and popping with pink grapefruit and white peach. Aged in 100% stainless steel and composed of 95% Pinot Gris and 5% Pinot Noir, this wine is a perfect marriage for West Coast salmon, your favourite summer salad, or simply a stellar patio and good friends.
Mission Hill Family Estate Winery
Easily earning its spot on our list of the 6 best Kelowna rosé wines is the Mission Hill Reserve Rosé. Pour yourself a glass and breathe in glorious aromatics of ripe red berries, pink grapefruit and blood orange. On the palate, flavours of watermelon, strawberries and cream, and rhubarb delight the senses. This vibrant, refreshing rosé exudes elegance and maintains a softness due to partial aging (23%) in neutral French oak. The 2023 vintage is made of Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Syrah from vineyards stretching from Naramata down to Osoyoos.
Sandhill Wines
It’s like we always say, “If you can’t make it to Provence, bring the Provence to you.” Thanks to Sandhill for bringing us a sliver of Provence right here in Kelowna, with their beautiful Sandhill Rosé. This Provence-style rosé blends Merlot, Gamay Noir, Syrah, Petite Verdot and Viognier, resulting in a gorgeous, light-coloured, dry and elegant rosé that we cannot get enough of.
Kicking off with lovely notes of red currant, pomegranate, red berry, and a touch of earth, you’ll spend half your time taking in the delightful aromas. The wine delivers delicious flavours of red berry, cherry, melon, pomegranate and red berry tea. Save yourself the airfare to France and grab yourself a reasonably priced bottle of the Sandhill Rosé, and you’ll understand why it sits pretty on our list of the top 6 best Kelowna rosé wines.
50th Parallel Estate Winery
Specializing in the production of Pinot Noir has worked well for the team at 50th Parallel who discovered, thank heavens, that their Pinot Noir also makes an exceptional rosé! The 2023 Estate Pinot Noir Rosé is what some might consider summer in a bottle. Boasting summer red fruits like strawberries, rainier cherries, mixed berries and cranberry, the rosé has a plush mouthful while delivering a refreshing, balanced and bright acidity. Sip it all summer long and you’ll see why it makes our list of the 6 best Kelowna rosé wines.
That concludes our list of the top 6 best Kelowna rosé wines! We hope you embrace every bit of spring and summer by savouring the warmer months with a crisp, cold bottle of rosé. With no shortage of fabulous options right here in the Okanagan, we recommend you work your way through as many different rosés as you possibly can (it’s all in the name of research, right?). Cheers to tasty rosé, to good friends, and to summer in the Okanagan!
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