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This is what happens when one of Napa Valley's most celebrated winemakers turns her attention to rosé. Heidi Barrett — the woman Robert Parker dubbed "the first lady of wine" — is the same winemaker behind Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle's Maya, and the Amuse Bouche flagship red. Two perfect 100-point Parker scores. A single bottle that once sold for $500,000 at auction. When she makes a rosé, it's not an afterthought.

For the 2025 Prêt à Boire, Heidi teams up with daughter Chelsea Barrett for a Provençal-inspired pink from estate Grenache and Syrah in the east Rutherford hills. The Barrett family runs deep in Napa — Heidi's husband Bo is the winemaker at Chateau Montelena, the winery that won the 1976 Judgment of Paris. This is California wine royalty, and the rosé reflects that pedigree: pale salmon in the glass, layers of strawberry, guava, and grapefruit on the nose, and a finish that balances crisp acidity with floral complexity.

With only 400 six-packs produced, this is one of the most limited rosés in California — and consistently one of the highest rated. The name means "ready to drink," and it delivers on that promise immediately. If you've been drinking Whispering Angel or Miraval and want to know what a Napa cult producer can do with rosé, this is your bottle.