Domaine du Bagnol Cassis Rosé 2020
"Here is a very beautiful rosé of pleasure expressing fine citrus notes while keeping the specificity of the appellation by its saline accents at the end of the mouth. Its balance plays on the freshness, the greediness of the fruit, its elegant minerality and its smoothness on the finish. An association of flavors and touch giving it a real style and the search for a signature of the land." -Domaine du Bagnol
"While offering appealing notes of citrus, it is the crystelline and saline aspects that mark this wine’s profound expression of Cassis’s terroir and mediterranean essence. A wine that offers quintessential pairings with the traditional cuisine of Provence." -Rosenthal Wine Merchant
$26.99
Description
Country: France
Region: Cassis, Provence
Variety: 40% Grenache, 35% Mourvèdre, 25% Cinsault
Terroir: Several Parcels under 7 hectares; 55 year-old bush vines; North-Northwest exposure; Limestone-clay; Strong Natural Sunshine; Cool Evening Breezes
Winemaking: Hand harvested; Direct-pressed with no maceration; Fermented with selected yeasts until dry in stainless steel tank; Aged 6 months on the lees with an additional 3-6 months in tank after filtration.
"This magnificent seven-hectare estate, situated a short walk from the center of the Mediterranean village of Cassis, began in the early 1980s with Claire Lefevre, a vigneronne of great class and character. Cassis was first planted to the 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. Phylloxera wiped out the vineyards in 1870 but by 1892 the citizens of Cassis had re-established their vineyards but this time without the Muscatel variety.
Madame Lefevre passed away having reached her mid ‘80s. So, the Domaine du Bagnol staggered through a few vintages and eventually was sold. The new owner, Jean-Louis Genovesi, a native of Cassis who had departed for Paris and made his fame (and a few centimes as well) in the capital. Jean-Louis and his son, Sebastien, have revived the domaine and the wines, both blanc and rose, are more compelling than ever. The domaine sits just beneath the imposing limestone outcropping of Cap Canaille and is a mere 200 meters distance from the shores of the Mediterranean. Thus situated, the Domaine du Bagnol is the beneficiary of the cooling winds from the north, northwest and northeast (Tramontane, Mistral and gregal) as well as the gentle sea breezes that come ashore." -Skurnik
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