Gold Medal: Mundus Vini Grand International Wine Award 2024

Blanc de Rolle

2023

AOP Côtes de Provence

Concours Général Agricole à Paris: «Un bijou de technologie, élégant, fin, bel équilibre» Often overlooked, Rolle (Vermentino) produces well-balanced, aromatic wines with potential for ageing and evolution.

100% Rolle / Vermentino

Serve at 9 ° ; Choose a tall glass to facilitate the perception of the aromas

Vinification in stainless steel tanks ; Alcohol 13% ; Residual sugar: 0,23 g /L ; Acidity: 2,74g /L ; SO2 T: 130mg /L

Our pairing suggestion: a delicious, melting asparagus risotto

Wine

Rolle (Vermentino) is one of the most demanding and stand alone varieties of Mediterranean white wines. Vermentino wines will certainly receive more attention over the coming years. It is presumably a Malvasier variety which was firstly brought to Corsica from Madeira via Spain and thereafter, in the 14th century, from Spain to Liguria, Italy. The grape is called Vermentinu on Corsica and in Italian and on Sardinia it is called Vermentino.

We do everything we can for our Rolle. Picking by hand, a vinification in whole bunches to enrich the range of aromas of the wines and a slow and gentle pressing under inert gas to protect the pressed juices from oxidation.

Tasting notes

The colour is yellow with golden highlights.

The aromatic profile is revealed through notes of rose, with an aromatic framework marked by notes of exotic fruit such as lychee.

On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, well-balanced, with notes of pepper and exotic fruit and a pleasant freshness.

Food Pairing

Do you like asparagus, often considered as "the enemy of wine"? Let yourself be seduced by our Blanc de Rolle! If asparagus, by its very rooty side, often has difficulty associating with a wine, the harmony with our Rolle and its beautiful minerality is surprising.

Our Vermentino is also an ideal companion for fresh fish, shellfish, scallops, spaghetti vongole, risotto frutti di mare, or a salad from Nice. Elegant with veal, sublime with lemon chicken with fresh coriander, dried tomatoes and black olives.

We suggest you to try our Blanc de Rolle with cheese from Sardinia. The world's most famous cheese from Sardinia is the Pecorino. Other popular cheeses from Sardinia are the Provolette (cow's milk) and the usually only short-ripened goat cheese Caprini.

Great desserts to go with the Rolle are an almond tart with a delicate hint of lemon or orange flavor or simply a caramel chocolate with a crystalline hint of fleur de sel.

Gold Medal: Mundus Vini Grand International Wine Award 2024

MUNDUS VINI was founded over 20 years ago, and from the beginning has been one of the most important wine competitions in the world. The 12,000 wines that are submitted every year are clear proof of the importance this competition has now achieved all over the world. They are evaluated using the 100-point system of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV). The wines are tasted by experts from 40 countries as well as independently and expertly evaluated. The Wine Award process takes place twice a year, in spring and late summer. The initiator of the Grand International Wine Award MUNDUS VINI is the Meininger publishing house. At the Spring Tasting 2024 , which took place prior to the world's largest wine fair ProWein in Düsseldorf, our 2023 Blanc de Rolle was awarded a gold medal (>90points)

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