Domaine Rimbert - 'Petit Cochon Bronzé' - Rosé of Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah - Languedoc, FR - 2023
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Age of Vines: 60 years (60%), 10 years (30%) Yields: 30 hl/ha Pruning Method: Gobelet and Royat Soil: Schist Varietals: 80% Cinsault, 20% Syrah
Vinification Method:
The “Tan Little Pig” is made from grapes harvested at peak ripeness and immediately destemmed. They are gently crushed, and the juice is fermented with natural yeast. The skins are removed from the vats 36 hours after pressing—giving this rosé its beautiful dark pink color. The wine rests in stainless steel tanks in a cellar that is partially buried into the earth, naturally regulating the winery’s temperature. It undergoes light filtration before being bottled on site.
Tasting Note:
This rosé is dark pink in the glass. Deep scents of ultra-ripe crushed red cherries, guava paste, overripe fig flesh, and a pretty, smoky note of sweet herbs. Blood orange–infused red berry flavors dominate the palate, balanced by the wine’s generous minerality.
Pairing:
Serve this summer wine with spicy couscous and lamb tagine, flame-grilled chicken dishes, spicy lamb or beef kebabs, or sweet barbecued pork dishes.
Notes on the Producer
Languedoc, Saint- Chinian, Berlou
Certified Organic
Jean-Marie Rimbert, self proclaimed defender of the Languedoc’s native Carignan grape, is a benchmark grower for the region and also a maverick. Self proclaimed “Carignaniste” and “Carignator” (aka defender and champion of Carignan) his cuvées show just how pleasurable and vibrant this often misaligned grape can be when planted on the right soils and farmed and vinified responsibly. He likes to say “Carignan is my Pinot” and it's an apt comparison. With his low yields (30hl/ha max, often less), intimate knowledge of his individual parcels, and delicate extractions (punchdowns), he brings out undeniable delicacy, nuance, elegance and ageability in the grape.
Jean-Marie’s AOC wines have become classics since he established himself as the first grower to bottle under his own name in the commune of Berlou in the late ‘90’s. His irreverent and playful VDF bottlings and keen sense of humor and imagination have inspired many. Today Berlou is recognized as one of the top Crus of Saint Chinian due to its high elevation and brown schist driven terraced vineyards and AOC and VDF bottlings alike brim with energy, lift and a crunchy, savory herbal expression that belies the soil’s minerality and the aromatic garrigue studded slopes.
Today Jean-Marie has 45 hectares spread between many diverse parcels, locally called travers, each with a slightly different soil composition and exposition. He started from the get go in the mid 90's with agriculture raisonnée and native yeast ferments and began converting to organic certification in 2013.
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