Way better than Whispering Angel: 6 must-have rosé dupes from £5.50 for your weekend picnic plans

Cosmopolitan

19-05-2025

Nothing says summer to us more than soaking in the sun, Sabrina Carpenter blasting from the speakers, hanging out with your friends on a picnic blanket that has definitely seen better days, and crucially sipping on a bottle of what is often considered the world's best rosé - Whispering Angel.
With it's soft pale pink colour, so pale it could almost be water (my marker of a truly good rosé), dry, with notes of berries and florals, it is a very drinkable wine. However, at over £20 a bottle in most supermarkets, it's not the best rosé for our wallets during summer.
Thankfully, there a bunch of alternatives available perfect for getting the Whispering Angel vibe, but not the Whispering Angel price tag. Now don't get us wrong, we're still picking up a bottle of Whispering Angel for date night or a solo night in, but when we're hosting and have multiple people to feed, one of these 6 bottles under £13.00 are the best alternatives.
Yes that's right, this dupe is less than £6! It's made from grapes in a similar area to Whispering Angel and has similar notes of red fruits (redcurrant) and sweet citrus (clementine, sweet grapefruit).
It has an average of 3.8 out of five stars from reviewers on Tesco, with one reviewer saying it was "one of the best rosé I've tasted" and another said it's a "classic affordable rosé". Well that's good enough for us.
This is easily considered one TikTok's favourite dupe for Whispering Angel, having gone viral last year.
This rosé has aromas of strawberry and watermelon, and has notes of raspberry and red cherry. Wine TikToker @partnerinwineuk raved about the wine last year, praising it for it's "flavour" and "freshness."
While it usually retails for £6.99, at some points over the summer last year it was on offer for just £4.99 so keep an eye out for the deals.
Ok so technically this is an Italian wine, meaning it's not a Provence speciality, like Whispering Angel. It's created using red wine grapes from northern Italy's Bardolino region and white wine techniques.
However, the colour is a near perfect match and it also has notes of nectarine and raspberry, matching the berry flavours of Whispering Angel. And at £8 a bottle, we're sure to be stocking up this summer.
Another highly rated rosé, this time from Lidl. The Côtes de Provence is made in the same region as Whispering Angel and is rated 88/100 by Lidl's in-house Master of Wine Richard Brampton, who has ranked the wine within the brand's 'Wine with Special Qualities' section.
Ok this is easily one of the most drinkable rosés I've ever had. Though it hails from Spain, it still has that light, dry and fruity notes that we love about France's Whispering Angel. Also the bottle makes it look so much more expensive than it is.
Last year ASDA introduced their answer to a Whispering Angel, hilariously named a Screaming Devil. It's got white peach, bright mango, and passion fruit aromas, along with rhubarb notes too.
Wine expert Tom Gibley, blind rated Screaming Devil against Whispering angel on his TikTok last year and Screaming Devil came out as the winner, with Tom describing it as "juicy, tasty, perfectly good rosé."
Sounds like a winner all round.
Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK's Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she's interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.