Petale de Rose, rosé Magnum ´20
Château la Tour de l’Evêque
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The Pétale de Rose is one of the first pale rosés, light salmon coloured, of the Provence. Colour is pale rose petal. Nose is delicate, offering ripe strawberry and
nectarine aromas, flowery notes. Flavours are intense, pungent with lots of liquorice and pink pepper melting into the sweet fruitiness
of strawberry and peach.
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- Wine Country
- Frankrijk
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- Grape varieties wine
- Cinsaut, Grenache, Syrah
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- Wine-food combination
- Perfectly complements a John Dory filet with liquorice sabayon or fish soup.
About this wine
Description & facts
The Pétale de Rose is one of the first pale rosés, light salmon coloured, of the Provence. Colour is pale rose petal, with gentle silvery hues.
Nose is delicate, offering ripe strawberry and nectarine aromas, flowery notes such as peony, some orange blossom,
intertwined with tangerine peel, some aniseed and liquorice coming along with a subtle smoky, but airy sensation.
Palate is dry and mellow, caressing with satin-like texture, medium plus acidity and generous zests giving spiciness.
Flavours are intense, pungent with lots of liquorice and pink pepper melting into the sweet fruitiness of strawberry and peach.
Finish is long, with noble balsamic bitterness, offering a slightly tannic touch, and thus a certain structure.
Great with food, can keep well for the next 1-2 years.
- Producer
- Château la Tour de l’Evêque
- Country of origin
- Frankrijk
- Wine Region
- Provence
- Classification
- AOC
- Organic/Biodynamic/Vegan:
- Organic
- Vintage
- 2019
- Grape varieties wine
- Cinsaut, Grenache, Syrah
- % of grape varieties wine
- 43% Cinsaut 38% Grenache 13% Syrah
- Tasting note
- Nose is delicate, offering ripe strawberry and nectarine aromas. Palate is dry and mellow. Flavours are intense and finish is long, with noble balsamic bitterness, offering a slightly tannic touch.
- Wine-food combination
- Perfectly complements a John Dory filet with liquorice sabayon or fish soup.
- Vinification
- The vineyards are worked by hand, using natural animal fertilizers. Buds are trimmed and a green harvest is practice to purposefully limit yields. A part of the vineyard is plowed with horses. The area between the rows of vines is grassed over with cereals. All grapes are harvested manually, sorted, not de-stemmed and directly loaded into an hydraulic Champenois Coquard press without crushing. The grapes are lightly pressed so as to obtain optimum delicacy and fragrance from the very heart of the grapes. Wines ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, gravityfed cuves. The Pétale de Rose is exclusively made of 1st quality juices. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation. For the 2016 vintage we used 50% native yeasts for the fermentation and we aim to do 100% for the next vintage. The wine is bottled at the Château la Tour de l’Evêque.
- Location Vineyard
- In the hilly valley of the Maurettes the land Schisteux of the Phyllades de Hyères consists of shaley soil derived from Silurian layers, and Permian red sandstone. The vines covering 78 hectares, are on average twenty years old.
- Soil
- It consists of shaley soil derived from Silurian layers, and Permian red sandstone.
- Closure
- Cork
- Bottle size
- 1500 ml
- Serving temperature
- 14°
- Ageing potential
- 1-2 years
- Awards & ratings
- 90/100 James Suckling, 90/100 Robert Parker
