Domaine Moulin la Viguerie, Tavel Rose Posterite Soixante-Dix 2024

Domaine Moulin la Viguerie, Tavel Rose Posterite Soixante-Dix 2024

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This is lip-smackingly good Tavel: intense colour and herbal notes with blood orange and salty citrus peel bitters that will get your mouth watering. Gaël Petit is as close as it gets to Tavel royalty, with ancestry in the appellation dating back to the 16th century. This cuvée is named Postérité 70 as a reference to the birth years of Gaël (1970) and his great-grandfather Aimé Roudil (1870), who created the appellation. It is a blend of Grenache and Cinsault from two different terroirs, aged in concrete vats and old oak, depending on the parcels. Traditionally styled but super on point for modern palates looking for a rosé with more interest and intensity. This is delicious and sophisticated. 'Buvabilité' (ie Trinkfluss) galore!

Wine Information

Grape: 50% Grenache Noir, Blanc and Gris, 20% Cinsault, 20% Carignan, 10% Clairette Blanche and Rosée

Farming: Organic

ABV: 14.5%

Bottle Size: 75cl

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Gaël Petit has a rich family history in Tavel, including his great grandfather, a former mayor of Tavel, playing a leading role in the establishment of the Tavel AOC – France’s first region to receive appellation status for rosé. The family have been custodians of some of Tavel’s most admired vineyard plots, which Gaël inherited in the early 1990s.

Tavel is synonymous with top Provencal rosé, yet its reputation was weakening for years under commercial pressure to sell large quantities of uninteresting wine. Gaël has worked tirelessly to correct this trend, finding a way back to producing complex, ageworthy rosés that make the most of the region’s tremendous potential.

He converted the domaine to organic viticulture in the 2000s and was voted in as president of the growers’ association in 2013, using his role to mandate a reduced use of herbicides in the appellation.

Gaël launched his most famous wine, “La Combe des Rieu”, in the 2018 vintage. It is a micro-cuvée from a selection of old vines from the domaine’s top vineyard made using whole-cluster, infusion-style vinification with native yeast, drastically reduced sulfur usage, allowed the wine to complete its malolactic fermentation, and bottled it without fining or filtration. It is more like a light version of Chateauneuf du Pape’s fantastic reds, the style that Tavel originally gained its reputation for, than the now ubiquitous but bland rosés Provence has become famous for.