Château Pontet Bagatelle, La Rosée de Bagatelle

2010

Reduced from £11.95 to £9.95

Château Pontet Bagatelle produces one of the very best Rosés in Provence and their 2010 is no exception. It is pale, attractive and packed with understated fruit flavours. A very well made wine that will make for perfect drinking this summer.

The vineyard was hit by hail in the early summer, reducing the crop to a fraction of what it should have been. This tiny yield results in an unbelievably rich, sensuous and concentrated wine. Sadly it does mean there are very few cases in available.

Our tasting notes

Very beautiful, pale pink in colour. Dry and crisp, packed with subtle hints of redcurrants, peach and a little banana. Good full flavoured with excellent length. A truly delicious Rosé.

Wine data

Grape variety: 90% Grenache, 10% Syrah
Appellation: AC Coteaux d’Aix en Provence
Alcohol: 14.0%

About Provence and d’Aix-en-Provence

The climate here is France’s most Mediterranean, with long hot summers and minimal rainfall. As a wine growing region Provence has almost become synonymous with a Rosé, most of which is consumed locally, but it is also showing great potential for producing good red wines.

The most famous appellation in this part of France is Cotes du Provence, where no fewer than 13 different grape varieties are permitted, the most predominant of which, by some way, is Grenache. Of the smaller appellations Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence is of particular significance. It is a quiet, hilly appellation which covers an area of 3500 hectares, in the middle of which lies the famous Sainte Victoire Mountain (the subject of many a Cezanne painting). The wines produced here are predominantly dry Rosé and a small amount of red. The soil diversity brings complexity to the wines with the clay in particular lending the wines great power and aromatic structure.

 

Prices are all-inclusive for deliveries to UK mainland. Minimum total order is 1 case (12 bottles of 75cl equivalent) for the UK and 2 cases (24 bottles of 75cl equivalent) for Northern Ireland, Highlands and islands. Please note there is a surcharge for delivery to Northern Ireland and Islands. Please call 020 7549 7900 for more info or read our Delivery/Collection Information and Terms & Conditions. We use recycled boxes for our mixed cases to help protect the environment.