Domaine Sulauze - 'Pomponette' - Rosé of Grenache Blend - Coteaux d'Aix en Provence , FR - 2024

Notes from the Winery/Importer

2024 Rosé – Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Certified Biodynamic | 60% Grenache, 15% Cinsault, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Vermentino (Rolle)

A longtime favorite among the Satellite crew and a hit with just about anyone who drinks it, this biodynamic Provençal rosé is the real deal: pale salmon in the glass, crisp and lifted on the palate, with a salty zip that keeps you coming back for more.

Grown on organically farmed, biodynamically certified vineyards with an average vine age of 15 years, the grapes come from multiple parcels on clay and sandstone soils. Everything is hand-harvested and fermented with native yeast in temperature-controlled tanks over 20 days. The wine is bottled unfiltered in March, with only a whisper of added sulfur.

The addition of Rolle (Vermentino) gives the wine a racy edge—bright aromatics, stony freshness, and a clean, snappy finish. Classic Provence rosé with energy, purity, and just the right amount of sunny-day charm.

Notes on the Producer

Certified Organic and Biodynamic
According to Guillaume and Karina Lefèvre, "Domaine de Sulauze is more than a vineyard. It's a place that is alive and meant to be shared." And so it is at the annual raucous pig roasts where the bounty of the vineyard & cellar, brewery & hop yard, bakery & mill, olive groves, and farm animals, is all proudly shared at the table. Karina and Guilhaume came to the domaine in 2004 and immediately converted the vines to organic farming and a few years later, to biodynamic farming as well. Today the domaine is a winery, brewery and mixed use farm that encompasses 500 hectares of organic farmland. They have 30 hectares of vines on limestone and sand planted to classic Provence varieties like Vermentino, Grenache Blanc, Ugni Blanc and Clairette for the whites and Grenache, Syrah (and the more rare Sereine), Cab Sauvignon, Cinsault and Mourvèdre. Over the years Guillaume has brought back many vine cuttings taken from massale selection and grafted them onto his rootstock and now makes single parcel bottlings from these vines, including Vermentino and Sciacarello from Antoine Abatucci’s vines and Sereine (a historic, locally adapted variety of Syrah) from Hermitage. Everything is harvested by hand, fermentations are with native yeasts and whether sulfur is added at bottling depends on the vintage and cuvée. The domaine’s single parcels are ploughed by horse.
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