Platina + 97 Decanter-punten: 3x2 prijswinnende wijnen in pakket

A pretty nose of baked raspberries, cherries, dried roses and peppercorns. It’s full-bodied with fine tannins and fresh acidity. Round and creamy with a spicy finish.

Complex earthy, mineral, smoky oak and coffee bouquet. The dense and complex palate reveals a black-fruited, terroir-driven style with lovely fruit purity, suave tannins and an expressive, lingering finish. It is just waiting to reveal yet further complexity and has an assured future.

De ‘Souffle de Lune’, oftewel de adem van de maan, is een naam die de stille dialoog tussen wijnstok en maan weergeeft. De cuvée weerspiegelt niet alleen het ritme van de natuur en de biodynamische landbouwmethoden van Ollieux Romanis, maar ook de elegantie en finesse waarnaar wordt gestreefd.

Château Cavalier, dat behoort tot Castel Châteaux & Grands Crus, heeft zich de afgelopen jaren ontwikkeld tot een van de topdomeinen in de Provence. Het produceert wijnen die typisch zijn voor de regio en zich onderscheiden door een vroege oogst en een bijzondere frisheid.

When we came to do the final tastings for our Best In Show selection this year, the Co-Chairs were offered an intriguing choice between two Provence rosé wines of very different styles. The success of Provence rosé has been built on pale pink wine of gentleness and tenderness: soft, creamy palates which both soothe but tease via an understated fruitiness – and which always invite the next sip. One of our Best In Show contenders was a wine of this sort. The other, though, was clearly a wine based on earlier picked and perhaps slightly higher-yielding fruit, with 2.5% less alcohol and correspondingly higher acidity – but which nonetheless contrived to suggest beguiling and understated charm thanks to the fact that its blend included both 30 per cent of Rolle (Vermentino) and 10 per cent of Sémillon in addition to Grenache, Syrah and Cabernet. This was that wine – and it prevailed. It’s pale, of course, with just a hint of salmon, and aromatically suggests quiet strawberry and redcurrant. On the palate it’s fresh, lively and lifted, acid-supported in this instance – but not so much as to call into question the gentle, moreish charm of its origins.