{"product_id":"frisson-igp-mediterranee-rose-2025","title":"Frisson, IGP Méditerranée, Rosé 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a real beauty of a Rosé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElegant, fresh, light, perfumed, mouthwatering and balanced. Slightly lighter in colour and perhaps a little fresher than others from older vineyards, this may well be more versatile than the more famous 'designer-like' rosés. This is a gorgeous wine, with strawberry and citrus notes and a clean, pure and lifted body, making it suitable for all seasons and wonderful with a huge variety of cuisine. Or none at all...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the many tricky things about categorising Rosé wines is that there are so many myriad ways of making them without any one of them able to lay claim to being the 'correct' or \u003cem\u003eauthentic\u003c\/em\u003e method. The truth is that because many regions have their own historic practices it is as hard to say which is better or worse, just as it is impossible to declare which red wine making method is the best - all we can accurately say is which style we \u003cem\u003eprefer. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertainly some regions have produced blush, pink coloured wines for many centuries and others may be newer to the practice, but as to what sets the benchmark... possibly Provence? Tavel? Anjou? It's unfair to state. However, this ambivalence also gives rise to the greatest potential in Rosé wines' armoury - there is so much up for grabs and no one can really tell you what is right or wrong! Yes, there are appellation laws to consider, but the only other style guide are market forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrends and fashions in Rosé wine production is now quite a big business. Over the past five years at least it is the style and colour of Provençal wines that have called the tune to which all others should dance and this family-made version is no different, placing itself right at the cutting edge of that fashion-making curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's made by a team who have been in the wine trade since the end of the 18th-Century. Our chums from the Salin family have been in Bordeaux production and trading since William Pitt The Younger was Prime Minister in the UK. However, in the last half a century, their patriarch Fréderick Salin felt as though he had a guilty secret that had to be kept under wraps. That was until one of his closest friends, the owner of Château Malescot-St-Exupéry in Margaux, happened to let slip that he too shared Monsieur Salin's fancy: Rosé. Now, there are many fine Bordeaux Rosés around (local to them of course), but their preference was for the emerging pale beauties of Provence. What do two, wealthy, like-minded men do when they both like the same thing? They buy a winery in Provence. This then led to the next generation of Salins wondering what they might do and as they were wondering, the appellation of IGP Mediterranée was being formed and the opportunity to take their father's passion in a new direction was too good to pass up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a superb wine from the Salin family, specifically sisters Astrid and Capucine, and comes from vineyards that are predominantly in the Provence and Rhône areas (though the Mediterranée zone covers the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003evast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e area of regions: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhône, Corsica [Corse-du-Sud and the Haute-Corse], Drôme, Hautes-Alpes, Var and Vaucluse...!). It is made from a regional blend, as one might imagine, much in the same style as those Provence versions that laid the ground, so that Syrah, Grenache, Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah for the red varieties and Viognier and Chardonnay for the whites wines (and some blending into this too I'm fairly sure) make this a truly Mediterranean experience. Fresh, vibrant, cool and delicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, there is a thing about the label - it does change colour with the cold... not a new piece of technology, but it can be quite nice to know when the wine has reached the temperature that the winery thinks is right for serving. There is a pretty floral logo in the middle of the label that goes blue...!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"salin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59389492101454,"sku":"FRISSONROSE","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4082\/9106\/files\/BottleShotLibrary_30x50mm_263.png?v=1775754597","url":"https:\/\/www.theallotment.ie\/products\/frisson-igp-mediterranee-rose-2025","provider":"The Allotment Wine Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}