Côtes de Provence Rosé, Marie-Christine, Château de l'Aumérade 2025
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Why this wine
One of only 18 Provence estates still holding Cru Classé status, and the cuvée it is best known for. Made from a single 89-hectare parcel on the Pierrefeu plain, it is the classic pale, dry Provençal style done properly rather than approximately, in a bottle Charlotte Fabre designed herself.
At a glance
- Grape
- Cinsault 48%, Grenache 34%, Syrah 18%
- Region
- Provence, France
- Alcohol
- 13.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Drink now (1-3 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Salads, Poultry & Pork
How it tastes
A pale powder-pink rosé, with ripe strawberry and peach on the nose and a faint hint of vanilla behind. The palate is dry and lightly built, the red and stone fruit carried on brisk acidity to a clean, refreshing finish. Cinsault 48%, Grenache 34%, Syrah 18%.
The producer
Château de l'Aumérade is a 400-year-old estate in the heart of Provence, a traditional Mas property dating to the Renaissance that Henri Fabre and his wife Charlotte bought from the Aumerat family in 1930 and that Caroline Demey runs today; it was designated a Cru Classé when the Provence appellation was created in 1955, a system that classifies the estate rather than the vineyard, and is one of only 18 that remain. Cuvée Marie-Christine comes exclusively from an 89-hectare Cru Classé parcel on the plains of Pierrefeu, where mineral-rich red clay and limestone drain well and the salty Mistral cools the vines from a sea only a few miles away; the estate holds Haute Valeur Environnementale certification. The grapes were picked at the beginning of September and destemmed immediately, the berries gently pressed and the selected juice cooled to 13°C; after a static settling it fermented in stainless steel at 15 to 18°C for ten days, with racking and blending at the end of the year.
Food and drinking
Serve at 8–10°C. It suits grilled prawns, a salade niçoise, goat's cheese tart and roast chicken with herbs. Drink over the next two to three years, while the fruit is at its brightest; no decanting needed. Sealed with a Nomacorc synthetic closure. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.