Domaine Emile & Rose Coteaux de Béziers Blanc L'Emile de Rose

Type

White Wine

Appellation

Coteaux de Beziers

Variety

Grenache Blanc

The domaine Emile & Rose has always been interested in working with indigenous varieties. The white wines are made from Grenache Blanc and Carignan Blanc, which are native to the Mediterranean basin, and they are fortunate to have hillside vines dating back to the 1920s to produce these unique whites.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Vineyards in Corneilhan and Pailhes

Soil type

Clay limestone on the hillside and sandy clay on the flat plains

Vine age1940s - present

Vineyard size27 ha total (14 ha 60+ years old)

PruningGoblet (old vines) and Cordon Royat (planted 1960s-present)

Altitude300 - 400 m

Vinification

Stainless steel and fiberglass tanks

ElevageStainless steel and fiberglass tanks

Harvest typeMachine Harvested

Fining/Filteringfining with vegetable proteins, tangential filtration

Additional info

Total production average20,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle794020260635

More about
the producer

Private: Domaine Emile & Rose

Founded in 2004

27 hectares

In the 1930s and 1940s, the Coteaux de Béziers held the dubious title of the world capital of wine, because the appellation claimed single handedly to produce the largest volume of any region in the world. Whether or not this claim is verifiable, what is certain is that they used the high yielding local grape called Aramon to produce large quantities of low alcohol wine to give “courage” to French workers and soldiers who were legally entitled to a liter of wine per day.

In the 1950s, much of the Aramon was ripped out and replanted to Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, and other more “noble” grapes. Marc and Anne-Laure Royo were particularly attracted to the Domaine d’Emile & Rose because they had maintained old vines of Aramon. What’s more, the granddaughter of Emile and Rose, had...