The Beach By Whispering Angel Rosé

The Beach by Whispering Angel is a Provence-style rosé wine produced by Château d'Esclans, the same Sacha Lichine–led estate that makes the cult-favorite Whispering Angel rosé. The Beach is the more accessible, slightly lighter cousin in the d'Esclans lineup — sourced from select vineyards across Provence, blended primarily from Grenache and Cinsault, and built for warm-weather drinking. It pours pale salmon-pink and pairs effortlessly with anything coming off a summer grill. Browse the full rosé wine collection at Bourbon Central.

The Beach offers crisp notes of white peach, strawberry, watermelon, and a touch of citrus, with a clean, dry finish that's the signature of Provence rosé. It's not sweet — most well-made Provence rosés are bone-dry. It pairs beautifully with grilled chicken, seafood, summer salads, charcuterie boards, and most things that come off a Memorial Day or July 4th grill. It also works as a brunch wine alongside quiche, frittata, or smoked salmon. For more pairing ideas, our Memorial Day frozen cocktail guide includes a frosé recipe built on this exact bottle.

Whispering Angel is the flagship Château d'Esclans rosé and runs around $25 per bottle. The Beach is the more affordable companion in the lineup at $17.99 — same Provence sourcing region, same dry style, but a lighter, more approachable profile aimed at high-volume summer drinking. If you're stocking a Memorial Day weekend or filling a beach cooler, The Beach is the bottle to buy by the case; if you're pouring a single bottle as the wine on the dinner table, the flagship Whispering Angel is the slightly more refined version. Both are available at /collections/wine.

Serve The Beach well-chilled — ideally at 45–50°F (7–10°C), which is cooler than most red wines but slightly warmer than ice-cold. If your bottle just came out of the fridge, let it sit on the counter for five minutes before pouring; if it's at room temperature, give it 30–45 minutes in the freezer or two hours in the fridge. Pour into standard white wine glasses, not flutes. The pale-pink color is part of the experience and shows best in a wide-rim glass. For a complete summer-wine pairing program, see all rosés.

Yes — and it's actually a great choice for it. The Beach's pale color, dry profile, and lower price point make it the textbook frosé base. The frozen-batch recipe in our Memorial Day frozen cocktail guide calls for one full bottle of rosé blended with frozen strawberries, lemon juice, and simple syrup. The Beach scales beautifully because it's affordable enough that you can use a full bottle without thinking about the cost. For non-frozen rosé cocktails, check our Mother's Day rum cocktail guide — several of the brunch builds pair rosé as the wine alongside.

The Beach is a vintage-dated Provence rosé and is intended to be drunk young — within 1–2 years of the vintage on the label — to preserve its bright, fresh fruit character. Unlike aged red wines or sweet dessert wines, Provence rosé does not improve with cellaring; it's at its best in the year or two after release. Store bottles in a cool, dark place, and refrigerate before serving. The 750mL bottle yields five generous 5-oz pours, so a single bottle covers two to three guests at dinner. For larger gatherings, buy by the case — Bourbon Central ships the best-sellers shelf alongside premium rosé orders.