Le Clos Rivieral Champs du Cade (Rosé)

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  • 2025

    Le Clos Rivieral Champs du Cade (Rosé) 2025 - RecommendedTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    One of the Languedoc's most remarkable single-vineyard rosés, made primarily from 50+ year-old Cinsault. Blanc de noir, with almost no colour. Very restrained and austere on the nose. The palate is concentrated and intense, with creamy nuttiness and beautiful intensity and acidity. Reminds us of a more serious, no-nonsense version of Ste Marguerite's Cuvée Marguerite - but is it a rosé? Does it spark joy? If all the frivolity has been stripped away to leave just structure and seriousness, what's even the point? To our taste, this a step too far in the house style of freshness. At 12.5abv and with no colour, this is more of an austere white than a rosé, and it misses out on the aromatic complexity of the beautiful garrigue that surrounds the Clos Rivieral.

    Tasted July 2026

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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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