Pandolfa Ginevra Rosato 2018

Domaine Les Fouques Cuvee Tradition 2018. This Rosé displays a wonderfully full fruited and fleshy appeal, showing more density and textural layering than many other Provence counterparts. The low intervention winemaking throws elements of funk and texture, adding to the profile of peach, melon and wild strawberries. An energetic wine, as Yves and I concurred.

Peyrassol Reserve Des Templiers Cotes de Provence 2019 is a dry rosé has a spicy warmth to the fruit, lifted by refreshing acidity and a peachy edge. Notes of strawberry predominate, with background notes of white pepper. Equally at home with charcuterie and other cold meats, olives, soft cheese, or fish dishes.

Chateau de Brigue Rose 2017. Modern in packaging and clean in style, this is the estate’s excellent entry wine.  It’s crisp with red currant and strawberry fruit, a gentle saline tang, easy to drink as ever, and builds complexity once in the mouth.  A little oiliness is present, with some herbal/bell pepper notes adding further interest.  Certainly refreshing, though fans out on the palate with a surprisingly detailed finish of brine, great complexity for its level.

Saint Sidoine Cotes de Provence 2019. A blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and the rare Tibouren grape (an indigenous Provençal variety said to bring aromas of garrigue, the herby scrub of southern France). Organically grown grapes from chalky-clay parcels in the heart of the Côtes de Provence. Jean-Christophe Audéoud looks after the winemaking, which uses the traditional direct press method and maturation in both concrete and stainless steel. The wine is made at the 93 year old Cellier Saint Sidoine in Puget-Ville.