Est. 2001. Importer & Distributor of Fine Wine, Craft Spirits, and Ginjo Sake
Item Number: 7444
UPC: None
Country: France
Region: Provence
Appellation/AVA: Cassis AOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2013
Grape(s): 55% Grenache / 31% Mourvedre / 14%Cinsault
Type: Wine - Rose
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.5
Vineyard Notes: Domaine du Bagnol's Rosé is produced from several parcels that comprise slightly less than 7 hectares of vineyards. The vineyards are clay and limestone, situated on a gentle slope with a north – northwest exposure.
Winemaking Notes: This Rosé is vinified by “pressurage direct", the must is chilled to 12 degrees Celsius, the wine ferments at 18 degrees Celsius until it is completely dry; then, the wine is bottled during the first three months of the following year after a light filtration. Production tops out at about 40,000 bottles per annum; approximately 6000 bottles are allocated to the US market.
Tasting Notes: Fruity with a dry, full body and hints of strawberry and raspberry.
About Cassis: Cassis was first planted to vine in the 12th century and the vineyards were developed on the north, east and southeast slopes that surround the village which sits immediately on a little bay on the Mediterranean; thus, the perfect circumstances for marrying wine to the bounty of the sea! Phylloxera wiped out the vineyards in 1870 but by 1892 the citizens of Cassis had re-established their vineyards, this time without the Muscatel variety. The AOC was created in May 1936, and title covers the red, white and rosé wines produced from just under 495 acres of land in this coastal village. The landscape around Cassis is typical of Provence; white, scrubby, garrigue-strewn cliffs overlook the vineyards below, which lead right down to the crystal blue waters of the bay below. Garrigue (herb-strewn scrubland based on dry limestone soils) was described by Baron Le Roy de Boiseaumarie (the godfather of the appellation system) as the ideal vine-growing terroir.
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