Cerasinus
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, grilled lamb chops with rosemary, and traditional Provencal bouillabaisse.
✨ Technical Specifications
Named after the Latin word for cherry, Cerasinus is M. Chapoutier's tribute to the historic, deeply colored wines of Tavel in the southern Rhone Valley. While officially classified as a rose, Tavel is historically celebrated as a red wine disguised in pink, offering the structure, body, and complexity of a light red. This cuvee is crafted primarily from Grenache and Cinsault, grown on a mosaic of terroirs featuring sandy soils, limestone, and the famous galets roules (rounded quartz stones) that retain heat. M. Chapoutier, a legendary producer committed to biodynamic principles, utilizes cold maceration to extract the wine's signature deep cherry hue, complex red-fruit aromatics, and stony minerality, creating a gastronomic wine with historical roots dating back to the Avignon Popes and Philippe le Bel.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1808 in Tain-l'Hermitage in the Rhône Valley, M. Chapoutier has grown into one of France's most celebrated wine houses, propelled to international acclaim following Michel Chapoutier's visionary leadership in 1990. A pioneer in biodynamic viticulture and minimal-intervention winemaking, the estate is revered for its single-vineyard 'sélections parcellaires' that articulate the purest nuances of individual terroirs across the Rhône and beyond. Iconic for incorporating Braille script on every label since 1996, Chapoutier produces benchmark expressions of Syrah, Marsanne, and Grenache across prestigious appellations including Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre