Even Keel Rosé 2025 by Sam Coverdale’s Even Keel label from Stanleys Road, Merricks on the Mornington Peninsula is a vibrant, pale‑salmon field‑blend rosé that screams summer in the most deliciously grown‑up way. This Even Keel Rosé 2025 is sustainably farmed and co‑fermented in large old foudre, bringing serious texture and character to the glass. It is the sort of dry, energetic rosé that vanishes as quickly as you pour it.

To smell, it is lifted and bouncing with ruby grapefruit, rosewater, cranberries, wild strawberries, apricot, redcurrant and a marmalade‑like complexity that keeps things interesting. The palate rolls into watermelon, strawberries and cream and fresh apricot on a mineral and refreshing line, with plenty of flavour and a gentle phenolic grip for shape. Crisp, clean acidity and good length make it both thirst‑quenching and seriously moreish.

Food‑wise, 2025 Even Keel Rosé loves our Aussie seafood – think kingfish crudo, grilled prawns, salt‑and‑pepper squid or a classic tomato and burrata salad. It will also sing with Korean fried chicken, wood‑fired pizza, antipasti or a big mezze spread loaded with olives, hummus and grilled veg. Chill it hard, bring it to the barbie or beach, and you have the perfect all‑day, warm‑weather pink.