Although this may look familiar to many of you, we want to be crystal clear that it is entirely different than last year’s offer, meaning it is not the wine that we called the Holy Grail of rosé values. I only say this because today’s “Temperance” is even greater, as evidenced by the numerous bottles that already line our fridge doors. Want more than our opinion? How about the glowing review given by Wine & Spirits Magazine, who awarded it “The Year’s Best Rosé” in America. Honestly, we thought the greatest rosé values were confined to the Mediterranean paradise of Provence, but California born-and-bred Easkoot has disrupted and reconstructed that belief: When it comes to sheer price-to-quality, there simply aren’t many rosés in the world that can compete with everything that’s loaded into this bottle.

For today’s best-in-class rosé, Easkoot has married two unique sites and grapes: the Chileno Valley Vineyard in Marin for their Pinot Noir and a gnarled 80-year-old parcel of Carignan in Mendocino. It was raised with natural yeasts, matured in used French barrels, and bottled shortly after in order to preserve its laser-sharp tension, delicate fruit, and extreme mineral savor. You’d think the “Year’s Best Rosé” would be well-known and readily available for purchase, but we’ve discovered the exact opposite to be true: This small-production wine basks in relative obscurity—just another reason why we love it so much. Buy all you can!