Producer: Chateau L' Afrique
Wine: 2024 Cotes de Provence Rosé - HVE3 & Vegan
Varietals: 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Cinsault
Terroir: Cuers-Pierrefeu : the red sandstone bedrock has produced a sandy limestone soil, which has combined with colluvial soil from the areas of high ground on either side of the terroir. Average age of wines are 30 years old.
Tasting Notes: A very pale and shiny pink color with a nose of fresh almonds, exotic fruits, and peach. There is a pleasant freshness on the palate with notes of pineapple and a hint of mint. A well balanced rosé with character.
Food: Bouillabaisse, Ahi tuna poke, grilled prawns, vegetarian curry, carpaccio with dill and pink peppercorn, fish in marinated Ponzu, watermelon salad with feta, and peach cobbler.
Cellaring: Drink now
CHATEAU L'AFRIQUE
Cuers, Cotes de Provence
Famille Sumeire is located in the commune of Cuers, in the heart of the Cotes de Provence. The estate has been producing wine since the Roman times. The originality of the name comes from the 19th century and the oriental trend influenced by the painter Géricault. A long alley of cypress trees crosses the vineyard to reach the huge yellow-ochre Provençal house. Olivier Sumeire is the 8th generation winemaker. The statue adorning the label, dated 1840 and placed at the end of the estate alley, is the work of sculptor Antoine Aprile, native from Cuers.
