Domaine Gavoty 'La Cigale' Rose Vin de Pays, 2024

Domaine Gavoty 'La Cigale' Rose Vin de Pays, 2024

Regular price $18.00

This may be Gavoty’s general-appellation Rosé, but compared to other classified Provençal Rosés you might find at a far greater cost, this one knocks them out. With surprising length and complexity, the blend of mostly Grenache and Cinsault is peachy and fruit forward like any good Provence Rosé is, but has wonderful salinity, a constant characteristic of any better wines from this area. Want a fun fact? La Cigale translates to “The Cicada,” which makes this wine particularly timely because, if you’ve been reading the news you’ll know that literally billions of Cicadas are supposed to emerge from under the earth and, like a biblical swarm of locusts, take over our lives this summer. At the very least, the Cicada wine can ease the problems caused by the actual cicadas in deliciously distracting fashion. Pair with crab cakes or a classic roast chicken and white rice.

  • Dry
  • Light Bodied
  • Organic
  • Medium Acid
  • Fruit Forward

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From our Importer: Twenty of Gavoty’s fifty hectares of vines are classified as Vin de Pays du Var, as they are situated on flatter land than the slopes used for their Côtes de Provence cuvées. Built around roughly equal proportions of Grenache and Cinsault, with a small amount of Carignan and a splash of Syrah, “La Cigale” (named for the ubiquitous cicadas that populate the region) is charmingly juicy yet salty and dry, with nice length for a wine of its modest appellation. Furthermore, its adamantly non-confected flavor profile sets it apart from the vast majority of similarly priced Provence rosés.

Roselyne Gavoty, who has helmed her family’s domaine since her ancestor Philémon acquired it in 1806, oversees 50 hectares of vines on a Roman-era farm in the commune of Cabasse called Campdumy(“harvest fields” in old Provençal), situated along the snaking Issole River in the northwestern sector of the Côtes de Provence appellation. Surrounded by oak and pine forests and bordered by the Issole, Domaine Gavoty is a polycultural farm encompassing 110 hectares in total, and the family has worked the land without synthetic chemicals for decades, obtaining organic certification in recent years. Our first meeting with Roselyn, who has been involved at the estate since 1985, was a moving experience. A serpentine driveway flanked by beautifully tended vineyards led us to the main grounds, and Roselyn, tan and wiry, emerged from the simple, classic house to greet us. Bouncing around in her old 4×4, we explored the property and its varied terrain, as Roselyn opined ruefully about Provence rosé’s descent into rank commercialism in recent years, decrying its relegation to the status of a “boisson” (“drink”) gulped down mindlessly by hordes of “consommateurs mouton” (“sheep consumers”). She was already winning us over, and we yet to taste a single thing!

Whereas much currently trendy Provence rosé gets by on being light enough in color and innocuous enough in flavor, Gavoty’s are first and foremost wines—refreshing in spirit as befits the appellation, to be sure, but resonant and thought-provoking as well, with notably gorgeous textures. A lot of rosés dash quickly down the throat, sprinkling a few candied red fruits along the way; Gavoty’s caress the palate, with rich but nimble fruit fused to an underlying salinity, and finishes that blossom and linger. This is the kind of rosé that ignited interest in the appellation in the first place, and it is the kind that we at RWM fell in love with 40 years ago during our earliest importing adventures. How satisfying it is to see that such wine still exists, and in such dazzling fashion as at Domaine Gavoty.

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