Winemaker Notes
Beautiful pale peach color with beautiful shiny reflections. Elegant and subtle, aromas of ripe stone fruits. Looks, nice length, in the mouth, a particular grain is revealed, a beautiful finish with notes of small red fruits (strawberries, redcurrants) and white-fleshed fruits
Pair with roasted poultry with Provence herbs and lemon or smoked lobster.
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Aromas: Rose petal, melon, parchment A cascade of tangerine, watermelon, and fresh strawberry washes over the palate. Hints of thyme and basil season the wine's dry, mineral profile.
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Wine Enthusiast
Peach and white flower aromas punctuate the nose of this elegant Rosé. The palate is earthy and rich with wet stones and a great grapefruit bitterness. The peppery finish sticks around for a long time.
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James Suckling
A fruity, mellow and refreshing rosé with notes of red currants, raspberry wafers and Mediterranean herbs. Medium-bodied, it offers a smooth, fruity and linear development on the palate.
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Cotes de Provence is an extensive but valuable appellation that includes vineyards bordering the main Provencal appellations. Its sites vary from subalpine hills, which receive the cooling effects of the mountains to the north, to the coastal St-Tropez, a region mainly influenced by the warm Mediterranean sunshine.
Here the focus is on quality rosé, as it defines four fifths of the region’s wines. Following in the rosé footsteps, a lot of new effort is going into the region’s red production as well. A new generation has turned its focus on high quality Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault and Carignan. Cotes de Provence white wines, which represent a miniscule part of the region as far as volume, are nonetheless worthy of consideration and can include any combination of Clairette, Semillon, Ugni Blanc and Vermentino.