Winemaker Notes
Very pale pink, almost like fresh cotton sheets in color, quintessentially Provencal. Beautifully floral on the nose, a lot of tree blossom, fruit notes like pear and blood orange with subtle notes of fragrant potpourri. Incredible acid on this wine makes your palate come alive. More fruits come across like pear and hints of raspberry. The combination of Cinsault and Grenache give the wine a great duo of savory and red fruit qualities to appeal to many different tastes.
Great acidity and a round finish makes this a versatile wine for an aperitif and with first courses including grilled octopus, an ice-cold seafood tower, and all the flavors of the sea.
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Notes of fresh linen and lanolin smooth out the palate of this blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, and Merlot. A touch of earthiness keeps the mouth dry as wet stone offsets Cara Cara orange, cranberry, and white cherry.
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.