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Chateau Salettes Bandol Rose 2016
$48.99
Leading Bandol Rose from Provence.
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Description
Chateau Salette is located just outside La Cadiere d’Azur to the north-west and has been in the same family for 18 generations. In 2011 Jean-Pierre Boyer, who runs the estate, a son in law of the original Ricard Family who, as traders in nearby Marseille, founded the property in 1604, took on Alexandre Le Courguille, a trained agronomist and oenologist who oversees all operations on the estate.
In 2015 he extended the cellars in to allow fashionable and fastidious plot-by-plot vinification. (The cellars had until 1985 been in the original 17th-century olive-oil mill but the 1956 frosts killed off the olives that had once been responsible for half of the estate’s production.)
Le Corguille has also completed a programme of replanting the restanques, stony terraces (made of river rocks) of hillside vineyards form a natural amphitheater facing the Mediterranean, with Mourvedre, the characteristic grape of this quintessentially Provencal appellation whose wines are so much more serious than the norm for this holiday region. The estate is currently being converted to certified organic and is moving towards biodynamic viticulture – which must be a lot easier in this dry, sunny corner than elsewhere in France.
Vine density is 5,000 plants per hectare on south-facing clay-limestone terraces, partly on a limestone base and partly on sandstone. Alcoholic fermentation in concrete and stainless steel is followed by six months ageing there and the malolactic conversion is suppressed.
The Chateau Salettes Rose is generally a a blend of around 40% Mourvedre, 30% Cinsault, 25% Grenache and 5% syrah.
Jancis Robinson, Sept 2017 “..No rosé is more substantial and food-friendly than a top-quality Bandol rosé … Mid salmon pink – quite an earthy colour. A meaty rosé, definitely for the table rather than as an aperitif. A real mouthful of sunshine but good balance and a savoury, almost salty (appropriately enough in view of the name) finish. Really serious rosé.”
2015 vintage won a Trophy at the Decanter World Wine Awards “Warm, humming and perfumed summer-day aromas showing the combined sweetness of Cinsault and Grenache. Vivid, elegant, lively, spicy palate which holds a big armful of soft red fruits, hints of earth and a touch of orange zest, all delivering a gratifying but forceful finish.
One of the most venerable estates in Provence’s Bandol appellation, Château Salettes produces a benchmark rosé, given extra depth and character by the estate’s sun-kissed Mourvèdre vines.
Built in the 17th century and still owned by the Ricard-Boyer family, Château Salettes sits between Toulon and Marseilles, close to the village of La Cadière d’Azur. The sloping vineyard has a great sea view of the nearby Mediterranean, while the vines soak up the sunshine – Bandol gets roughly 3,000 hours of sun a year, according to joint manager Alexandre Le Corguillé.
This rosé blends Mourvèdre – the variety takes up roughly half of the château’s vineyards – with Cinsault and Grenache, adding an extra dimension to the trademark delicacy and food-friendly qualities of Provençal rosés.
Le Corguillé, a graduate of Montpellier winemaking school, has also worked in Marlborough in New Zealand and at Château La Gordonne in nearby Pierrefeu-du-Var. Since arriving at Salettes in 2011, he has tried to evolve the style of the wines and started working the vineyards using organic and biodynamic methods, as well as using indigenous yeasts in the winemaking. Salettes is beginning its organic certification this year.”
Bandol is the pinnacle of dry French Rose and this fine food wine is top notch RRP $60 Our special price $48.99
Additional information
Producer | Chateau Salettes |
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Region or Country | France, Provence |
Variety | Mouvedre |
Vintage | 2016 |
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