Clos Cibonne, Cuvee Prestige Caroline Rose 2020
Strong pink colour with orange shade. Intense nose combining ripe red berries and spices with an exotic touch. Powerful on the palate but balanced between freshness and aromatic expression.
“Caroline” is a special cuvée named for Claude and Brigitte’s daughter, a selection made of the best plot from the estate’s over 40-year-old tibouren grapes planted on calcareous clay and schist soil.
A powerful and elegant expression of the estate’s best plot of Tibouren vines, overlooking the sea and Toulon’s harbour.
$430
The vintage
Winery
Clos CibonneAppellation & Region
Cote de ProvenceBlend
90% Tibouren, 10% GrenacheSoil
Calcareous clay and schistAlcohol Content
13.5%Average age of vines
over 40 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.
“Caroline” is a special cuvée named for Claude and Brigitte’s daughter, a selection made of the best plot from the estate’s over 40-year-old tibouren grapes planted on calcareous clay and schist soil.
The grapes are desteemed and directly pressed. Fermentation take place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Once the fermentation is underway, the musts are racked into 300L French barrels where fermentation is completed with daily stirring. The wines are then age on the less for eight to ten month in the same barrels.
