Domaine des Terres Blanches rosé 2016

Les Baux de Provence|Rosé wine

4.1/5 (10 customers)

15,5/20

Bettane & Desseauve

Cité

Hachette

(2015 Vintage Notes)

With its pale pink hue, this wine offers a clean, intensely aromatic bouquet, a sign of its youth and vibrancy. The dominant fruity notes—exotic fruits, grapefruit zest, and passion fruit—give way to richer, more indulgent flavors as the wine opens up. Lively and refined, the flavor profile echoes the bouquet before becoming rounder and smoother. A refreshing rosé!

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Estate

Domaine des Terres Blanches

Vintage

2016

Designation

Les Baux de Provence

Region

Provence

Grape varieties

Grenache noir, Cinsault, Counoise, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Rolle, Ugni blanc.

Terroirs

clay-loam-limestone soils

Viticulture

organic

Grape Harvest

at peak ripeness

Winemaking

Destemming. Pressing. Settling at low temperature. Natural fermentation at low temperature in stainless steel tanks

Alcohol content

13%

Eye

pale pink dress

Nose

Straightforward, pleasant, and beautifully intense. Fruity aromas of tropical fruits, grapefruit zest, and passion fruit. After some time in the glass, richer, buttery notes of marzipan emerge.

Palate

A lively and refined attack. A round mid-palate with notes of apricot, English candy, and mirabelle plum. Good length, with a delicate and balanced liveliness.

Serve

at 10-12°C

Drink from

2017

Drink before

2019

Food and wine pairings

It pairs well with gazpacho, a tomato and mozzarella salad...

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated wine (2017 guide) 15.5/20 (2015 vintage) (Very good wine)

Rated estate (2017 guide) 1*Star (A high-quality, recommendable wine that lives up to what one would expect from its appellation(s))

About the estate:

The 35 hectares of vineyards, all facing southwest, are located on the plain at the foot of the northern slope of the Alpilles, in a corridor where the mistral wind blows particularly strongly. These winds thus protect the vines from frost and guard them against disease. The estate has recently been acquired by Fiducial and will undoubtedly undergo changes in future vintages.

Guide Hachette des vins

Wine rated (2017 guide) Mentioned (2015 vintage) (A successful wine)

Rated estate (2017 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer’s wines are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

This pioneering estate in organic viticulture (“bio-active” since 1970) was founded in 1968 by Noël Michelin. Run by the Parmentier-Jolly family since 2007, it changed hands in 2012 when it was acquired by Laurent Hild, an industrialist from Alsace. He has maintained this focus on a 40-hectare vineyard. The estate is regularly in the spotlight for its Baux-de-Provence wines, in all three colors.

Customer rating

4.1/5

based on 10 reviews