Clos Cibonne - Côtes de Provence - Tradition - Rosé - 2023

Wine:

With its beautiful copper highlights, the 2023 Côtes de Provence Tradition Rosé is a strikingly characterful wine, offering flavors of orange marmalade, grapefruit zest, and spiced gingerbread. It’s a rosé of real depth and personality, with flesh, texture, and vibrant freshness—already highly appealing and well outside the typical Provençal mold.

Vinification:

Hand harvested grapes from Tibouren plots with an average age of 20 years, harvested in the morning at optimal ripeness, selective sorting, destemming, direct pressing into stainless steel vats and cooling, fermentation for around ten days, aged for at least 12 months in old oak casks over 100 years old.

Certified organic wine.

Color:

Bright coppery rosé.

Nose:

Flavours of orange marmalade, grapefruit zest and spicy notes.

Palate:

A wine with great freshness and substance, with beautiful aromatic depth, all wrapped up in a refined and invigorating package.

Temperature:

Serve between 8 and 10°C.

Food and wine pairing:

perfect as an apéritif with slices of Pata Negra or Iberian ham, but above all, this is a food rosé—made to shine alongside Mediterranean cuisine, pairing beautifully with both meats and fish.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2027

Awarded one star by La Revue du Vin de France—a leading French wine magazine—Clos Cibonne remains an essential name in Provence, celebrated for its unmistakable and timeless charm.

Tucked away on a protected stretch of coastline, this historic estate, certified organic, benefits from a unique terroir where the Tibouren grape truly shines. This ancient, local variety—found nowhere else—produces remarkably distinctive wines that showcase the region’s immense potential. Brigitte and Claude Deforges are devoted to preserving it and sharing its character with the world.

The rosés, in particular, stand apart for their texture, depth, and finesse, striking a perfect balance between Provençal tradition and contemporary style. The reds are equally impressive, offering the same refined, original personality.