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AMBLE + CHASE Rosé 2019 is pale salmon pink in color and shows complex aromas of raspberries, cherries and white flowers, giving way to notes of juicy strawberries and ripe red grapefruit on the palate. The wine has a persistent freshness and salty minerality thanks to the vines' southern exposure and cooling breezes from the Mediterranean.

LA BASTIDE SAINT VINCENT has been a family estate since the end of the 18th century, with a 23-hectare vineyard that is very fragmented and which offers Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu, Côtes du Rhône and Vin de Pays de Vaucluse. Our 10 plots of Vacqueyras A.O.C. vines represent approximately 8 ha: 6 plots are located in different parts of the plateau des garrigues – a stony terrace dating from the Riss ice age – while 4 plots are on either side of the village of Vacqueyras.

The average age of the vines is over 40 years: the yields are therefore low, which is favourable for the quality of the wines. Grenache largely dominates, complemented by mourvèdre and syrah. The hand-picking allows us to rigorously sort the bunches. The grapes are de-stemmed, lightly crushed, then vinified traditionally in enamelled concrete vats, with a vatting period of about 2 weeks. 100% matured in vats, PAVANE is our only cuvée de Vacqueyras.

Located in small village of Sainte Colombe de la Commanderie, on the terroir of Aspres, at the foothills of Mont Canigou, the last peak in the Pyrenees before the Mediterranean sea. Aspres means arid or dry in Cataln, depicting the chalky clay and schist soil of the region, which is the best terroir for vins doux naturels made of Grenache noir, Maccabeo and Grenache gris. Georges Mossé (1884 – 1964), the father of the current owner, decided to not sell the entire harvest each year but instead preserve some great vintages in oak after WWI. That’s why we are fortunate to have these exceptional wines in barrels.

-Importer notes (Martine's)

Granaxa is Occitane dialect for Grenache, and this is Coupe Rose’s Grenache cuvée, raised in second and third-year oak barrels. Now we get into more weight and body, with distinctly earthy overtones in the red fruit. Their Grenache grows in their stoniest soils. Yearly production averages 1,000 cases

-Importer notes (Roy Cloud)

Pronounced Ar-jess, this comes from the lieu-dit of Babio to the northeast of the village (Karst comes from the north-northwest). The name is an homage to the ancient Greeks, who may have been the first to make wine in Gaul; it's their word for clay. The soil here is clay-limestone, but the emphasis is on the clay, and it's the coupe-roses clay once used by Françoise's forefathers to make roof tiles. This heavy topsoil lays 1-2 meters over limestone bedrock, nurturing just over three acres of Roussanne and just over one of Grenache Blanc. Harvest is by hand, the grapes pass over a selection table, fermentation is spontaneous (20% in neutral 500L demi-muids, the rest in steel), blending takes place in early December, and bottling is in the following spring. No fining or filtration, no SO2 or other additions.

"...an under-the-radar favorite among KLWM staff but also was named winemaker of the year by multiple French magazines in recent years. So it follows that such a talented vigneron is able to find finesse where many others find power.
     Sylvain Fadat of Domaine d’Aupilhac does so by blending organically grown Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Syrah, and a splash of Alicante Bouchet, and aging half the blend in foudre and the other half in stainless steel for six months. He uses a light vinification and these aging vessels to preserve fresh, juicy fruit characteristics without extracting too much tannic structure. The result is simultaneously elegant and full of the aromas and flavors we associate with this slice of France..."

-Importer notes (Kermit Lynch)

The perfect "house red". Made from purchased as well as Estate fruit, this is a great intro to the Mourchon style. Sunshine in a glass -close your eyes and you can smell the lavendar and lamb roasting over old vine cuttings! 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah

Mourchon makes one of the best CDR Blancs in all of the Southern Rhone. A nice blend of 40% Viognier, 20% Grenache Blanc, 20% Roussanne and Marsanne, 20% Clairette and Bourboulenc.

Our most requested and best-selling Rose every year!

GRAPE VARIETIES: 60% grenache, 40% Syrah

This wine has aromas of strawberries, citrus fruit and spring flowers. The palate has good acidity, is refreshing, full of fruit and has a good length.

Enjoy as an aperitif, for a barbecue or as an accompaniment for Mediterranean style food such as Provencal salad or ratatouille. This wine also marries very well with spicy food.

A custom cuvée for European Cellars and a joint project between Eric Solomon and Jean-Marc Lafage, Bastide Miraflors is a cuvée created from old vine Grenache (30%) grown on the schist and granite soils of Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, a terroir that always ripens late in the year, and Syrah (70%) from gravelly soils near the Mediterranean. After a long maceration of six weeks, the wine ages for 12 months in roughly 3/4 concrete vats and 1/4 600L French oak demi-muids.

100-yr-old vines of Grenache. Whole cluster fermented and aged in neutral barrique for 12 months.

—Jane Augustine and Madison H. Brown

—Anthony Lynch