Clos Cibonne, Cuvee des Vignettes Rose 2020
Deep orange colour. First nose of very ripe fruit such as strawberry and plum. Follow by a subtle woody notes bringing touches of vanilla stick and tonca bean. Floral aromas come to complexity the bouquet like lily but also some delicate candied citrus fruits. Very nice presence on the palate, a structure in the attack that frames the mouth up to the beginning of the finish and then regains lightness. Tannins reinforcing the spices which explode on the finish.
Cuvee des Vignettes is a limited wine, crafted exclusively from the estate’s oldest vines.
$405
The vintage
Winery
Clos CibonneAppellation & Region
Cote de ProvenceBlend
90% Tibouren, 10% GrenacheSoil
SchistAlcohol Content
13.5%Average age of vines
over 30 yearsVineyards & Vinification
The vineyard is located by the sea on a hill of the Maures Mountains, overlooking Toulon’s harbor on the west and the Giens peninsula on the east. The salty and clayey soil guarantees good drainage of the land. The proximity of the sea brings coolness in the summer. The winds coming from the east and the west ventilate the vineyards thus guaranteeing the vines’ good health.
The land is plowed to maintain a loose soil and limit the evaporation. The Cuvee des Vignettes comes for the tibouren plots, of more than 40 years of age. The tibouren is goblet-pruned and is plants in a sustainable agriculture approach.
Grapes are picked with advanced ripeness. Harvest manually in the early morning, the grapes are desteemed and directly pressed. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 10 days. The wines are then racked into over 120-years-old foundres, where they age on the less for one year.
