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Coteaux d'Aix en Provence Rosé, Château Vignelaure 2023
Provence rosé from one of the top estates there, made from a blend of grenache, syrah, cabernet sauvignon and rolle, better known as vermentino. Full-flavoured and savoury with a lovely expression of ripe red-berried fruit thanks to a little more syrah in the blend.
Price:
£16.00
Bottle
Price:
£96.00
Case of 6
In Stock
Code: FC46581
Wine characteristics
- Rose Wine
- 1 - Bone dry
- Grenache Syrah
- 75cl
- Now to 2027
- 13% Alcohol
- no oak influence
- Twin top
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Organic
Château Vignelaure
Château Vignelaure owes its existence to Georges Brunet, one time owner of Bordeaux third growth Château La Lagune who established the estate just north of Aix-en-Provence in the 1960s. Choosing a site of clay, limestone and gravel covering some 60 hectares of beautiful Provençal countryside 350 metres above sea level, he set about planting cabernet sauvignon using cuttings taken from his Bordeaux estate. Despite the difficulties of ripening cabernet fully in this setting, and despite being embraced by protective hills, he made high-quality wines. In 1985 the region as a whole was approved for appellation contrôlée status as Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence.
The estate is now owned by Swedish couple Bengt and Mette Sundstrom, who fell in love with the place while looking for a retirement home in the south of France. These days syrah, grenache, cinsault and carignan have been planted or acquired alongside the vines introduced by Brunet, and white varieties roussanne, rolle (aka vermentino) and semillon have now been planted in a higher part of the vineyard where it was realised that the red varieties were not so suited to the terroir.
Early vintages of white wines are very promising indeed, and they have recently begun making excellent rosé, but the reputation of the estate rests on the red wines. These are fermented in stainless steel before 12 to 24 months’ maturation in oak (one third of which is new) in underground cellars, before a further 18 months minimum in bottle.
The four...
The Daily Telegraph
Certified organic, from an estate to the north-east of Aix, this is a beautiful rosé, smooth and creamy with flavours of fleshy white peach.