Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Rosé

Private: Sentier

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Type

Rose Wine

Appellation

Coteaux d'Aix en Provence

Variety

27% Cinsault
27% Grenache
25% Syrah
21% Counoise

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Viticulture

Vineyard name

Badasset

Soil type

Limestone substrate in the valleys of Chateau-Bas

Vine age2004 - 2009

Vinification

100% destemmed, rosé saignée with short maceration. Controlled alcoholic fermentation at low temperature. Malolactic fermentation unwanted.

ElevageIn tanks on fine lees

Additional info

Total production average80,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle3484543529001

More about
the producer

Private: Sentier

Founded in 2012

80 hectares

Sentier is a delicious, refreshing, and organic Provençal rosé crafted in collaboration between Paris Wine Company and Château Bas. Located just northwest of Aix-en-Provence, vigneron Philippe Pouchin began farming organically since his arrival at the Château Bas in the early 1990s. Prior to his retirement in 2018, Philippe spent decades working to create balance in the vineyard through biodiversity. As he describes it, “The vines grow in the middle of the grass like a tree in a prairie. This way of farming creates a lot of biodiversity, which has allowed the domaine has to eschew the use of traditional plowing. This effect of biodiversity makes the vineyard more resistant to imbalances in the weather and other ill effects. We find a certain wisdom centered around the idea that it’s more...