Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2023
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Salade Niçoise with seared tuna, grilled Mediterranean red mullet with herbs, tapenade on toasted baguette.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from limestone terraces and gravelly alluvial plains across the Southern Rhône, this rosé centers on Grenache Noir and Cinsault vinified via direct pneumatic pressing and short skin maceration. Fermentation takes place at controlled low temperatures entirely in stainless steel to retain primary aromatics and brisk freshness, skipping malolactic conversion and matured briefly on fine lees prior to early spring bottling.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in the Rhône Valley in 1999 by preeminent consulting oenologist Xavier Vignon, Maison Xavier Vignon operates as an innovative négociant and estate producer that challenges traditional regional conventions. Combining over 30 hectares of proprietary vineyards—concentrated around Beaumes-de-Venise and parcels across Vacqueyras and Châteauneuf-du-Pape—with long-term grower partnerships, Vignon explores diverse Southern Rhône terroirs characterized by galets roulés, limestone marl, and elevated mountain terraces. Informed by formative cellar experiences in Champagne and across both hemispheres, Vignon's winemaking methodology emphasizes avant-garde assemblage, often blending disparate terroirs, micro-parcels, and multiple vintages in perpetual reserve style. Vinification incorporates gentle extraction, minimal additions, and proprietary aging innovations such as the oxygen-free 'Vinarium' submersion technique. Benchmark cuvées include the multi-vintage Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve, the parcel-driven Arcane series, and the flagship Anonyme, each celebrated for mineral vitality, architectural balance, and expressive southern fruit.
🍇 Grapes
Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah
🍷 ABV
13%