{"id":15963,"date":"2016-10-15T06:44:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T06:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=15963"},"modified":"2016-10-15T06:44:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T06:44:28","slug":"in-provence-getting-to-grips-with-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/austria\/in-provence-getting-to-grips-with-rose","title":{"rendered":"In Provence, getting to grips with ros\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

A quick post from the road. For the last few days I have been in Provence, trying to understand more about ros\u00e9. The popular conception about ros\u00e9 is that it’s not a serious wine. It’s all about marketing, people say.<\/p>\n

\"Jean-Francois
Jean-Francois Ott of Domaines Ott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To a degree, Provence ros\u00e9 is a tremendous wine marketing success story. But when you see the soils, you realise that there are some serious terroirs here. There are diverse soil types, with the two main themes clay\/limestone and schist, depending on where you are. And there’s a wide range of climatic zones. The two together create terroirs that mark their imprint on the wine if the winemaking will allow it.<\/p>\n

\"Limestone\/clay
Limestone\/clay soils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ros\u00e9 is also quite a technological wine. Making good ros\u00e9 requires skill in the cellar, just as making good Champagne relies on skilled winemaking. But, as with Champagne, terroir is intrinsic to the final product. Anyone who claims that terroir is irrelevant in Champagne or ros\u00e9, or that these wine styles are all about marketing, needs to open their mind, read a little, and go to visit the regions.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS
Barrel cooling mechanism at Esclans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the next few days, I’ll be writing some in depth reports of the visits. I have learned a lot over the last few days.<\/p>\n

\"Romain
Romain Ott, Chateau Leoube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Alexis
Alexis Cornu, Chateau de Berne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Guiilame
Guiilame Harant, Ch des Martinettes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

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