AOC (label of origin) Cassis Rosé

Made from equal parts of Grenache and Cinsault and Mourvèdre, this wine is appreciated for its perfume of fern, lemon and a touch of fruits when in mouth.
Thanks to its freshness, it makes your aperitif and drinks smart and glamourous. It comes very well with your meals too.
The Mourvèdre gives a sufficient frame to allow a great variation in association with meals: White meat, grilled vegetables, seafood and fish.

A certified organic agricultural production by Bureau Veritas FR-BIO-10

Characteristics
Tasting advice
Press

AOC Cassis Rosé 2015

LAND
- Chalky clay stony sol
- 2.2 hectares directly in the property in front of the sea
- Annual rainfall of 600 mm
- Output strictly limited to 40 hectoliters per hectare

GRAPE VARIETIES
- Grenache: Principal grape variety strong and heady: 45%
- Cinsault: Fresh and fruity, low in acidi ty, perfect for the blend: 40%
- Mourvedre: Tanic and strong body: 15%

CULTIVATION
- Gobelet pruning of the wines with three branches
- Vineyard partially paled up
- Irrigation forbidden
- Average age of the vines : 30 years

WINE PREPARATION
- Filling the wine press with destemmed grapes
- Slow cycle at a week intensity pneumatic wine press
- Transfer of juice into a cement tank with a regulated temperature to settle
- Filtration of sediment and reintegration
- Fermentation temperature regulated to 17°
- 12.5% alcohol

WINE DEVELOPMENT
- Wine rests for between 7 to 12 months
- Oenologist controls
- Bottling takes place on the Estate

TASTING
- Serve cold : between 12° et 14°
- Attractive coral pink wine
- Delicate wild flowers aromas
- The palate is redolent of ripe, red berry fruits
- Fresh underlying acidity and crisp finish

CONSERVATION
- Store in a cold and dry place with a consistent level of humidity
- Bottles kept in a horizontal position to keep the cork moist
- Keep the wine for between 1 and 3 years

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This rosé wine with pale and elegant colour offers a mineral and iodine structure. So it will accompany with panache a meal based on seafood. Its length and flavors of red fruits will enhance tapenade and pissaladière tastes in an provence's apéritif.

Service temperature 12°C / 53,6°F
If possible open the bottle 10 min. before starting meal

En Magnum, par Bettane & Desseauve
15/20
"L'amertume est bien maîtrisée, la finale gourmande, grasse et donne une sensation lumineuse en bouche, mélange d'une grande fraîcheur et d'un fruité délicat et complexe".
Journaliste : Alain Chameyrat

Decanter Magazine, septembre 2016
90/100
"A slightly different Provence style that works. The balance of sweet ripe strawberry and blackcurrant fruit and spicy, leafy herbal notes gives it great charm. There is bewitching elegance from the fresh acidity and zesty redcurrant notes flowing throughout. Drink 2016 -2017".

By Elisabeth Gabay MW & Andy Howard MW

Guide Hachette des vins rosés 2016-2017
1 étoile
"Bientôt un siècle (1921) que la famille Sack-Zafiropulo exploite ce domaine aujourd'hui conduit en bio. La propriété, située dans le parc national des Calanques, dispose d'un vignoble de 12ha étagé en restanques, face à la mer sur les flancs du Cap Canaille, et commandé par une demeure au style Art-déco.
Né de grenache et de cinsault à parts égales, complété de mourvèdre, ce 2015 pâle et limpide propose une intense palette fruitée: pêche blanche, agrume, mangue. On retrouve la pêche, omniprésente, dans une bouche ample, fraîche et croquante, à laquelle une pointe saline donne encore plus d'élan".