Put yourself in the pink this Valentine’s Day

With restaurants shut, pop one of these dozen bottles of rosé bubbly to impress your Valentine.

UNDER £10 Penedes, Spain: Cava Rosado Brut NV Codorniu

STAR VALUE

A cracking price for a traditional method rosé fizz. Made from red grapes monastrell, garnacha and trepat, with its pale pink, gently toasty, bright raspberry and redcurrant aromas, this Cava from one of Spain’s oldest companies is bound to please.

£6.99 reduced from £9.49, Waitrose

Veneto, Italy: Prosecco Rosé Doc Extra Dry 2019 Costellore

New pink prosecco is now allowed. In the past all prosecco had to be white, but the Italian white glera grape can now be joined by 10-15 per cent red pinot noir in the cuvée. Very pale in colour, big bubbles, tutti-fruity sweet nose – finishes a bit short – but still pretty good and generously fruity for the price.

£6.49, Aldi

UNDER £15 Loire, France: The Society’s Saumur Rosé Brut NV Gratien & Meyer

Very good example of Loire rosé with fresh vibrant acidity, upfront fruit flavours and off dry sweet notes. £11.50, The Wine Society, www. thewinesociety.com

Itata, Chile: Santa Digna Estelado Traditional Method Pais Rosé NV

Award-winning Chilean fizz made from pais, a long-forgotten undervalued grape which has been revived by the legendary Catalan winemaker Miguel Torres. Pretty blush pink, raspberry fruits, smooth soft palate – good value. £12.50, The Drink Shop; Roberts & Speight; Fareham Cellar

Limoux, France: Tesco Finest Cremant de Limoux Rosé 2017 Sieur d’arques

STAR BUY

A cleverly made cremant rosé from Limoux’s excellent co-operative Sieur d’arques. This traditional method fizz has zip, lively freshness, creamy lees palate and good depth.

£12, Tesco

South Africa: The Rhona Brut Rosé NV Graham Beck

If you buy one bottle of wine this Valentine's, make it South African. They need our help more than ever right now. Graham Beck makes some of Cape’s best fizz. Ripe berry fruits and creamy spicy richness.

£11, Marks & Spencer

OVER £20 Central Otago, New Zealand: Akarua Rosé Brut NV

From some of the world’s most southerly vineyards. Distinct strawberry aromas, nutty toasty and yeasty with a long savoury dry finish – rich enough for food matching. £20.99, NZ House of Wine; Wine Trust 100; Fine Wine Musselburgh; Luvians

Lombardy, Italy: Franciacorta Rosé 2016 Ferghettina

Prestigious franciacorta is Italy’s answer to champagne. It is ranks above prosecco in its finesse, poise and intensity – yet it remains one of Italy’s best kept secrets – a hidden gem from a small region in Brescia province in Lombardy, northeast of Milan. £29, Woodwinters, www. woodwinters.com

Buckinghamshire, England: Harrow & Hope Rosé Vintage 2017

STAR BUY

Winemaker Henry Laithwaite’s latest rosé vintage. A rich toasty cuvée with minerally undertones, spice and rich red berry fruits; gold medal winner in Wine GB Awards. £32, Laithwaites, www.laithwaites. co.uk

Kent, England: Saignee 2018 Hush Heath

Winemaking team Owen and Fergus Elias employ the little-used saignee (skin contact) method for creating rosé. Floral and herby nose, spicy tannic structure, rich and dense.

£29.99, Majestic Wine

Champagne, France: Ruinart Rosé NV

STAR BUY

Maturity, colour and intensity are the key elements which make Ruinart’s non-vintage cuvée such a great rosé. Bright fruits, pink grapefruit notes, lightly tannic with a spicy finish.

£59.99, Majestic Wine

Champagne, France: Krug Rosé 24th Edition Brut NV

If you want to give your Valentine a truly memorable experience, Krug’s multi-vintage rosé is better than ever. Matured for seven years on lees, this really is extraordinary.

£238, Majestic; Selfridges

Give your Valentine a fun wine experience with Rose’s Italian virtual tasting with Raeburn Wines on Friday 19 February, rosemurraybrown.com