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Grape Expectations
The Wine
We ordered this wine just as Rose season was about to hit its peak, knowing it would not arrive until after Labor Day. Were we nuts? Entirely possible, but if there was ONE ROSE we'd ride into the Fall and Winter holidays, this would be it. It's Cru Classe. Historic property. The wine is drinking well now (Spring 2026) and will be hitting its peak by Fall.
This wine, tasted blind by Decanter Magazine's team, ended up as the #1 rosé (Best in Show, 97 points) out of many tables of rosé entrants from all over the world. Here's what they had to say:
"The battle for rosé supremacy is always closely fought in DWWA judging week [Decanter World Wine Awards, now in its 23rd year, this is one of the world's largest and most influential wine competitions. DC] as we're always looking out for new rosé stars, including from sources other than Provence. Year after year, though, it's Provence that most impresses, whether from the low-lying sandy coastal vineyards or the acid-soiled uplands; indeed, it often seems as if the natural vocation of varieties like Cinsault, Grenache and Syrah (the trio in play here) in Provence is truly for pink wine rather than red, for reasons that remain mysterious.
This wine, from one of the estates classified as crus classés back in 1955, is exemplary: a pretty petal-pink colour, with a honeyed, peach-and-yellow-plum aroma, vivid freshness combined with creamy textures and admirable herbal restraint on the finish. Drinkability, delicacy and restraint are paramount for rosé, and much more important than concentration, impact or acid balance; this wine conveys its subtle fruits in exactly that way, yet there is still an extra dimension here of focus and delivery that marked the wine out from its peers. 97 points." - Decanter (WWA) 6/26
