Le Caprice de Clémentine Rosé 2023
AOC Côtes de Provence, Château Les Valentines, 750 ml
| Grape variety: | Cinsault, Grenache |
| Producer: | Château Les Valentines |
| Origin: | France / Provence / Côtes de Provence |
Description
Let yourself be enchanted by the most beautiful Mediterranean way of life! An elegant rosé made from the traditional grape varieties of Provence. It has a delicate aroma of Mediterranean herbs, mandarin and red berries. On the palate, it is balanced, fresh, juicy and full of fruit. It's not hard to imagine yourself in picturesque Provence, where the Pons family took over the organic vineyard at the end of the 1990s and named it after their children Valentin and Clémentine. The daughter is therefore also the namesake of this romantic rosé, which perfectly reflects Clémentine's good humour - "caprice" in French - and sunny disposition!
«Lux Vintage Les Valentines» ice bucket as a gift!
With the purchase of 12 bottles of Château Les Valentines rosé – no matter which variety and mix possible – you will receive a Lux Vintage pink or white ice bucket worth CHF 39.00 free of charge. Please don't forget to enter your preferred colour in the comments field! Valid until 31.7.24 or while stocks last.
Attributes
| Origin: | France / Provence / Côtes de Provence |
| Grape variety: | Cinsault, Grenache |
| Ripening potential: | 1 to 3 years after harvest |
| Drinking temperature: | 8 to 10 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Apéro riche, Grilled fish, Mild semi-hard cheese, Vegetable cous-cous, Salad with vegetables, pulses, pasta |
| Vinification: | fermentation in steel tank, pressed carefully and immediately, fermentation at low temperatures |
| Maturation: | in steel tank |
| Bottling: | filtration |
| Volume: | 13.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Château Les Valentines
Lux Vintage Les Valentines wine cooler as a gift!
When buying 12 bottles of rosé from Château Les Valentines, Provence (mix of bottles possible), you will receive an ice bucket worth CHF 39.00 in pink or white for free for a limited time*. The ice buckets offer space for two bottles or a magnum bottle.
And this is how it works: Simply add 12 bottles of rosé of your choice from Château Les Valentines to your shopping basket and specify «pink» or «white» in the ice bucket comment field.
*Valid until 31.7.24, online and in shops.
Cinsault
Sun in a glass
The southern French Cinsault, also written Cinsaut, is a curiosity among the grape varieties. It belongs to the so-called “dyer grapes”. These are red grapes in which the pigments sit not only in the skins but also in the flesh. That means, when the Cinsault is pressed, pink juice results, rather than the white you see from other grapes. Previously, the Cinsault was used to spice up lighter-coloured Burgundy. But now it has become emancipated. With a soft, fruity style, seductive raspberry and strawberry aromas and good aging potential, it mixes with the most renowned growths from the southern Rhône, around the Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Solo, it yields wonderfully aromatic rosés.
Grenache
Grenache seldom comes alone
Spaniards and Sardinians make the Grenache contentious: both claim it originated from their country. In fact, it had already appeared in both places by the 16th century. But a large number of mutations in Spain indicates that it has deeper roots on the Iberian Peninsula. The Grenache is meaty and spicy, with a wonderful, fruity sweetness and rich aromas of blackberry, cassis, plums and pepper. Under the name Garnacha, it contributes fullness to the Rioja. In Sardinia it is called Cannonau, where it yields strong, expressive wines. But its stronghold is in France. Grenache is the star in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and streams into many other assemblages from the south. Its preferred partners are Syrah and Mourvèdre. This blend is also very popular abroad. In Australia, these wines are simply called "GSM".
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
