Guilde des VigneronsCuvée Gens Heureux Côtes de Provence
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Guilde des Vignerons's Cuvée Gens Heureux Côtes de Provence.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat de Saint Vallier
Table grape with long clusters and golden berries with thin skin and muscat flesh, featuring a characteristic aromatic sweet flavour (rose, fresh grape). Very rarely vinified. Grown for fresh consumption in south-eastern France, appreciated for its typical muscat flavour and good shelf life. French white table grape variety obtained around 1922 in Saint-Vallier (Drôme), a muscat crossing.
Informations about the Guilde des Vignerons
The Guilde des Vignerons is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Côtes de Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes de Provence
World reference for pale, elegant rosé: salmon to onion-skin hue, notes of strawberry, pink grapefruit, white peach and flowers, fresh, dry, mineral palate, taut finish. 90% of output, the Provençal signature. Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and native Tibouren in the blend. A few fleshy Mediterranean reds (Mourvèdre, Syrah) and saline Vermentino whites.
The wine region of Provence
World capital of dry, refined rosé (~90% of production). Pale rose-petal colour, delicate nose of fresh red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant), citrus (pink grapefruit), white flowers and a mineral touch, taut and thirst-quenching palate — the Mediterranean aperitif par excellence. Blends of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Tibouren and Mourvèdre. Fleshy Bandol reds from Mourvèdre (leather, garrigue, age-worthy), straight Cassis whites.
The word of the wine: Sulphur
An antiseptic and antioxidant substance known since antiquity, probably already used by the Romans. But it was only in modern times that its use was rediscovered. It will allow a better conservation of the wine and thus favour its export. Sulphur also gave the 18th century winegrower the possibility of extending the maceration period without fearing that the wine would turn sour and thus go from dark rosé wines to the red wines of today. Excessive sulphur, on the other hand, kills happiness, paralysing the aromas and causing headaches.
