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Côtes du Rhône Rosé Xavier Vignon 2021

Côtes du Rhône Rosé Xavier Vignon 2021

Xavier’s Côtes du Rhône Rosé was made by pressurage direct of old-vine grapes that come from both sides of the Rhône. The co-fermented blend includes Cinsault (40%), Syrah (20%), Grenache (10%), and Xavier’s signature low pH Mourvèdre (30%). In the glass, the wine has a pale, limpid, oeil de perdrix color, with flashes of white gold at the edge. Aromas of sun-warmed wild strawberries, white peaches, fresh peonies, and red hibiscus move in and out of the foreground (not too, too cold, please), adding fleeting suggestions of ripe honeydew, rose petals, and rhubarb as the nose develops in the glass. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, generous, and vibrant, with layers of mineral-infused red berry flavors that echo the nose, sometimes suggesting ripe Rainer cherries, red raspberries, and currants, all delicately seasoned with nutmeg, pink sea salt, and the cinnamon-like side of fresh green perilla. Drink now with any dish you can imagine – or by itself with nothing at all–until next spring, when if all goes well, the 2022 vintage is sure to arrive.

About this wine producer: As the technical director and head enologist at “Laboratoire Avignon Oenologie Conseil,” Xavier Vignon is the consulting winemaker at more than 300 estates, including most of the best-known domaines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In lieu of payment for his laboratory’s service, he sometimes accepts wine, which the micro-négociant company he established in 2002, “Xavier Vins,” uses to produce exceptional wines of the southern Rhône Valley. Originally a physical chemist, Xavier is particularly interested in how the spectrum of dissolved mineral salts in the groundwater of each vineyard, which varies from parcel to parcel, influences the expression of terroir in the grapes. “I’m a trained enologist,” he says. “I’ve examined wine down to the molecular level. Which, in the end, convinces me that what is most important are the vines, the depth of the roots, and the health and balance of the vineyard.”

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