GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Château Sainte Roseline
Region: Les Arcs, Provence, France
Appellation: AOC Côtes de Provence Cru Classé
Type: Dry rosé wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2021
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: Organic (certified) + Certified HVE 3 (Haute Valeur Environnementale de niveau 3) + Vegan
Grapes used: Mourvèdre + Rolle + Grenache
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2021
Winemaking details: alcoholic fermentation of the juices for 40% in 18 hl wooden vats and for the rest in stainless steel vats
Aging: aged on lees (+lees stirring)
Sugar level: low (level of residual sugar not communicated)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Very Pale
- Intensity = Salmon
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium
- Aromas Characteristics = Mainly primary + secondary
- Aromas = Notes of tangerine, slight touches of spices (ginger), hints of pomelo
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = No
- Alcohol = Medium (13%)
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Mainly primary + secondary
- Flavour details = Light strawberry, light currant, slight touches of spices (ginger), vegetal notes
- Other = improved texture and body
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 4-6 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 26 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good
- Comparison with same price competition = good
- Suitability for Diabetics = level of residual sugar not communicated
- Service Temperature = around 12°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Aperitif, appetizer, sea food, sushis, raw fish, fish tartars, grilled fish, summer salads, white meats, angus with roquefort sauce, ‘Caillette à la provençale’
- Comments = I really liked this rosé wine which can be considered a gastronomic wine. Finesse, accuracy and full of nuances, such are its qualities. A beautiful aromatic complexity all in elegance with an appreciable length in the mouth which does not end on a green-vegetal note (which is quite rare and very appreciable).
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
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