Côtes de Provence Rosé
Variety: Cinsault (50%) Syrah (10%), Grenache (40%)
Ageing potential: drink young – 1 to 3 years
Serving temperature: serve fresh 8 °C
Tasting notes: A pale orange colour, with yellow hints. A fine nose of red fruits, a subtle touch of acidity and pepper. In the mouth the wine is ample, and shows a variety of precise notes, light, tenacious, spicy, with an irreproachable balance. Deserves an elaborate partner.
Pairing: Aperitif, snapper Provencal, grilles fish or meat.
The Côtes de Provence ‘Château des Vingtinières’ from Domaine Patrice Moreux comes from 35 hectares with a single tenant, situated on the Permian plateau of the ‘Valley des Maures’, at the heart of the A.O.C. and is favoured by low yields, and a soil of clay, sand and a rocky sub-soil. The combination of this delicate terroir with the dry and sunny weather gives us wines that are elegant, lively and have a persistent finish.
Variety: Cinsault (50%) Syrah (10%), Grenache (40%)
Localisation: Le Cannet des maures
Production: 80 000 bottles a year
Viticultural practices: limited intervention. The earth is ploughed, the only fertilizer used is organic and only when necessary.
Vinification: We harvest only in the morning, ‘when it’s fresh’, to avoid the grapes oxidising. After de-stemming the wine is pneumatically pressed. Press selection. Spontaneous fermentation with natural yeasts from the grapes. Aged in INOX tanks with temperature control, on fine lees.
Terroir: clay, sand and a rocky sub-soil.
Vine age: 30 years
Plantation density: 6500 vines per HA.
Millésime 2013
Gilbert & Gaillard 2015 : 87/100
International Wine Challenge 2014 : Médaille de Bronze
