Details
- Type: Rosé
- Country: France
- Region: Provence
- Vintage: 2017
- Producer: Estandon
- Primary grape: Cinsault
- Secondary grape: Grenache/Garnacha
- Bottle size: 75cl
- Code: 31579
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Ethical
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Vegetarian
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Vegan
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Sulphites
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Expression
Dry, elegant rosés
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Generally light and/or softer cheeses e.g. Appenzeller, feta. Contrasts well with harder, salty styles e.g. parmesan
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Bouillabaisse, grilled or seared fish e.g. John Dory, sea bass, tuna
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Basil, capers, chervil, chives, oregano, saffron, thyme
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Seared, grilled pan-fried chicken, guinea fowl, veal, pork
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Aioli, BBQ, balsamic vinegar and citrus-based dressings. Rouille
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Asian spicy chicken and seafood curries. Chinese (Cantonese). Mediterranean fish and chicken dishes spiced with chilli
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Mediterranean salads, chick peas, ratatouille, roasted red peppers, mushroom risotto
About the Wine
Grenache/Garnacha
Gray-NAHSH / Ga'rr-NAH-cha
This is a sweet thin skinned grape that gives wine that is high in alcohol and full bodied, but light in colour and tannins. It's often used in blends and responds well to oak ageing.
Flavours:
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Leather
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Plum
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Raspberry
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Strawberry
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White Pepper
Cinsault
cin-so
Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it important in Languedoc-Roussillon and the former French colonies of Algeria, Lebanon and Morocco.
Flavours:
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Black Tea
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Raspberry
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Red Currant
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Tart Cherry
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Violet
The Country
France
Following on from a fantastic vintage the year before, French vineyards endured a mixed bag of weather conditions in the early part of the growing season followed by a long, hot summer which produced some memorable wines, even to rival to the excellence of the previous year.
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